title: Obesity: part one - the greatest health threat facing mankind.
abstract: 'In the 15 minutes it will take you to read this article nine people in the USA, and one person in the UK, will have died as a direct consequence of obesity related illnesses.'
authors.affiliation: University of Aberdeen, UK. j.speakman@abdn.ac.uk
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Speakman
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D015995:Prevalence; D012907:Smoking / Q000401:mortality; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology