With a recent survey extrapolating that the hunger incidence among Filipinos rose to 23 percent in June from just 19 percent in March, discussing dieting seems to be a bit callous.

In developed countries, certainly, obesity has become an epidemic, with 12 percent of humans—500 million—afflicted with what is medically defined now as a disease. Yet even in the Philippines, data show that overweight and obesity even have emerged as an alarming problem, as having excess fat leads to dread diseases as diabetes, heart diseases, and even cancer for which the poor don’t have a safety net.

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