#Things to consider
- For the first time in history, more people die today from eating too much than from eating too little.
- More people die from old age than from infectious diseases; and more people commit suicide than are killed by soldiers, terrorists and criminals combined.
- In 2014 more than 2.1 billion people were overweight, compared to 850 million who suffered from malnutrition. Half of humankind is expected to be overweight by 2030. In 2010 famine and malnutrition combined killed about 1 million people, whereas obesity killed 3 million.
- In most areas wars became rarer than ever. Whereas in ancient agricultural societies human violence caused about 15 per cent of all deaths.
- During the 20th century violence caused only 5 per cent of deaths, and in the early 21st century it is responsible for about 1 per cent of global mortality.