johanna ralston, chief executive of the world obesity federation. thank you forjoining us. obesity as a major health issue is not new, of course, but do you think things are getting better or worse? thanks so much. unfortunately, they're getting worse. the continued lack of a comprehensive approach to obesity has has meant that a lot of very useful efforts have not come together to impact the overall obesity levels globally. globally, we're seeing about a billion people now living with obesity and rates going up by 50% to 2035. it is a complex issue, of course, but if you were to try to simplify it, where do you think the biggest problem lies? is it bad diet or a lack of exercise? it's funny when people ask me those questions, is it diet or lack of exercise? is it genetic? is it biological? i say yes. the challenge is that it's all of those things. so a comprehensive approach means we address diet, we address physical inactivity. we also address the genetic drivers of obesity and the ways that obesity has not been sufficiently included in health sys

the chief executive of the world obesity federation and the chief medical officer at weight watchers. also, providing the nuts and bolts to power the ai revolution. i catch up with the boss of cisco systems on its latest moves in the world of machine learning. wherever you are joining machine learning. wherever you arejoining me from around the world once again a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. obesity is defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation in the body presents a risk to health. more and more of us across the world are falling into that category. the good news is that the percentage of the world �*s population who underweight is declining that obesity is now the most common form of malnutrition in most countries. they can be too much as well as too little food and it comes with a hefty pricetag. the causes of weight gain a complex and it is important that when we talk about the economic impact of the disease that the cost is not attributable to individual behaviour. but they are part of a much larger environment of influences that that expert call obese agenda.

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the chief executive of the world obesity federation and the chief medical officer at weight watchers.

the world of the city federation predicts over half of the global population, 4 billion people will be obese by 2035. 2035. that will create an unsustainable cost for nationstates. the healthcare knock on effects are simply too great. it's connected to too many entities and so will happen is governments will be forced to push fitness efforts and weight loss drugs. now, this was a predictable outcome as the world organizes because as the world organizes it tends to gain weight. we could've seen this coming and we did. obesity cost between four and 9% of u.s. gdp annually. you could see this will be viewed as a way we can sort of gain some cost savings by getting the population healthier. number 11, data security. i will go to hell and that. that's been on our radar for a long time. it's not a cost of doing business for most corporations. eventually the cost will be so high that nationstates will record more as a violent attack in less than something that sort of done in the ether. number 12, youth mental health. we've been tracking this for years as mental health broadly which then spik