Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere where Spanish, French and Portuguese are spoken; it is broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America.

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Central and South America. Theres a dearth of long-term data on obesity rates in Central and South America. Unlike the U.S., where multiple national surveys regularly assess BMI across all age groups, many Central and South American countries tend to field smaller surveyssay, of BMI patterns in city dwellers, or within specific age groupsthat

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Obesity: Obesity, excessive accumulation of body fat, usually caused by the consumption of more calories than the body can use. The excess calories are then stored as fat, or adipose tissue.

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Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health. People are generally considered obese when their body mass index (BMI), a measurement obtained by dividing a person’s weight by the square of the person’s height, is over 30 kg/m 2, with the range 25–30 kg/m 2

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Dairy in Latin America: Dairy is the most important category within packaged food in value terms for Latin America, exceeding USD430 billion in 2017