Claudia Dreifus, "A Mathematical Challenge to Obesity," New York Times, May 14, 2012.

89 half the adult population of the United States will be obese by 2030, with one quarter of them "severely obese"

Eric Finkelstein et al., "Obesity and Severe Obesity Forecasts Through 2030," American Journal of Preventive Medicine, June 2012; "Most Americans May Be Obese by 2030, Report Warns," ABC News, September 18, 2012; "Fat and Getting Fatter: U.S. Obesity Rates to Soar by 2030," Reuters, September 18, 2012.

90 steadily decreasing the number of people suffering from chronic hunger

United Nations, Millennium Development Goals Report 2011.

91 obesity has more than doubled in the last thirty years

World Health Organization Media Centre, "Obesity and Overweight," May 2012, http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/index.html.

92 more than a third of them are cla.s.sified as obese

Ibid.

93 obese and overweight than from conditions related to being underweight

Ibid.

94 suffering from diabetes die from either stroke or heart disease

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Diabetes Statistics, 2011, http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/statistics/.

95 almost 17 percent of U.S. children are obese today

Tara Parker-Pope, "Obesity Rates Stall, but No Decline," New York Times, Well blog, January 17, 2012, http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/obesity-rates-stall-but-no-decline/.

96 almost 7 percent of all children in the world

ProCor, "Global: Childhood Obesity Rate Higher Than 20 Years Ago," September 28, 2010, http://www.procor.org/prevention/prevention_show.htm?doc_id=1367793.

97 will continue to grow in the future, both in the U.S. and globally

Parker-Pope, "Obesity Rates Stall, but No Decline."

98 trigger brain systems that increase the desire to eat more

Tara Parker-Pope, "How the Food Makers Captured Our Brains," New York Times, June 23, 2009.

99 "salt and sugars but low in vitamins, minerals and other micronutrients"

World Health Organization Media Centre, "Obesity and Overweight."

100 separated more people from reliable sources of fresh fruit and vegetables

"If You Build It, They May Not Come," Economist, July 7, 2011.

101 calories per gram in sweets and foods abundant in starch

David Bornstein, "Time to Revisit Food Deserts," New York Times, Opinionator blog, April 25, 2012, http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/time-to-revisit-food-deserts/.

102 while prices of fats declined by 15 percent and sugared soft drinks by 25 percent

Ibid.

103 knowledge necessary for food preparation both also play a role

Ibid.

104 threw the healthier food away

Vivian Yee, "No Appet.i.te for Good-for-You School Lunches," New York Times, October 5, 2012.