Summary: Globally, more than a billion adults and children are overweight or obese. The consequences of chronic diseases are no longer simply issues for Western countries; they are issues for the developing world, where more of the population will continue to adopt a Western diet and become more sedentary. At the same time, our population is aging. By 2020, more than 700 million people around the world will be over age 65. <br><br> The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) strongly supports and is pleased to be part of the U.N. High-Level Meeting on NCDs and the U.N. acknowledgment that acting on NCDs is critical to the global development agenda. Jim Whitehead (ACSM CEO) and Janet Walberg Rankin, Ph.D., FACSM (ACSM President-Elect) are joining Melanie Cole M.S. from the summit to discuss this global intitative. Don't miss this very important show!
