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Instead of talk about the starving around the world, the International Association of Agricultural Economists conference concentrated on obesity. More people around the world are struggling with weight than starvation, even in countries where starvation was a problem before, like China.

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I don’t know what a gathering of economists can do about obesity, but it seems that every group of scientists is tackling this problem.

When it’s so widespread, the concept of “Eat Less and Move More” seems a little simplistic, but sometimes the most difficult problems have the most simple answers.