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.

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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.

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