Obesity is often portrayed as a Western problem, with under-nutrition found in poorer countries. But the truth is more complex. Nine out of 10 countries are in the grip of a health epidemic known as the "double burden" - where overweight and undernourished people live side-by-side. A worldwide explosion in the availability of unhealthy foods, a shift towards office jobs and the growth of transport and television are among the many causes. Often, this double burden occurs not only within a community, but also within the same family.

Aug 11 Word of the Day. A phrase to describe someone who is cognitively degenerating. Synonym of " going off the deep end ". Can have varying degrees of severity. Reference to the song "Hey You" by Pink Floyd. The line "and the worms ate into his brain" makes no sense in an otherwise linear and literal narration throughout the lyrics. He told me the cat was bugged so the Feds could listen in on us having sex

I was feeling lonely back in my hometown because most of my friends had started romantic relationships while I was abroad. We both decided to download Tinder and see what happened. Without the app we may have never met and embarked on this wild, wonderful journey.

Wikipedia is the largest and most-read reference work in history, [3] and is consistently one of the 15 most popular websites as ranked by Alexa ; as of , it was ranked as the 13th most popular site. Wikipedia was launched on January 15, , by Jimmy Wales [6] and Larry Sanger ; Sanger coined its name as a blending of "wiki" and "encyclopedia". Combined, Wikipedia's editions comprise more than 56 million articles, that attract an average of around 2 billion unique device visits and receive more than 17 million edits per month, or develop at a rate of 1. Wikipedia has received praise for its enablement of the democratization of knowledge , extent of coverage, unique structure, culture, and reduced amount of commercial bias, but criticism for exhibiting systemic bias , particularly gender bias against women. At various points, Wikipedia has been censored by world governments, ranging from the blocking of specific pages to bans on the entire site.