Fast food, fat profits: Obesity in America

Obesity in America has reached a crisis point. Two out of every three Americans are overweight, and one out of every three is obese. One in three is expected to have diabetes by 2050. Minorities have been even more profoundly affected. African-Americans have a 50 per cent higher prevalence of...

23 min - Food & Drink - Al Jazeera English

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