Scary times

■ Diabesity (obesity + diabetes) affects more than one billion people worldwide, including 100 million Americans and 50% of Americans over 65.
■ More than half of Americans are overweight, and a full one-third are clinically obese.
■ Recent reports suggest that one-third of people born in 2010 will develop diabetes at some point in their lives.
■ 9 out of 10 Americans will develop high blood pressure before they die.
■ 4 out of 10 people who die each year in the U.S. die of heart disease, and rates of heart disease are projected to double in the next 50 years.
■ Rates of infertility are expected to double in the next decade.
■ According to the World Health Organization, depression is now the leading causeof disability, affecting more than 120 million people worldwide.