Summary: Growing populations of the overweight and obese are putting a multi-billion-dollar strain on health costs in developing countries and stifling economic growth. A new book by the Asian Development Bank Institute gathers analyses by economists, doctors, and public health experts on the issue. Overweight and Obesity in Asia and the Pacific: Trends, Costs, and Policies for Better Health was edited by Matthias Helble, ADBI’s co-chair of research at the time the book was published and now an economist at the Asian Development Bank headquarters in Manila, and Azusa Sato, a health specialist at the Asian Development Bank, in Manila. Read the transcript https://bit.ly/2HdOjVp Read the report https://www.adb.org/publications/wealthy-unhealthy-overweight-and-obesity-asia-and-pacific-trends-costs-and-policies About the authors Matthias Helble is an economist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila. Azusa Sato is a health specialist also at ADB. Know more about ADBI’s work https://bit.ly/2SmLjH9 https://bit.ly/2SkFTN7 Watch the related video https://bit.ly/2RvoGnQ
