It is a sad state of affairs to see how large we have become. Now that 1 in 3 children are overweight or obese, our healthcare costs and risk for chronic disease only continues to rise as well. Something has to give here…and soon! Check out these daunting facts: 2.8 million people die every year as a result of being overweight or obese. Obesity is prevalent in developed countries like the US – where at present rates 43% of Americans are predicted to be obese by 2018 (3) – and costs $10,273,973 per hour and is predicted to cost $15,753,425 per hour by 2030. US healthcare costs are 42% higher for someone who is obese meaning that currently obesity already accounts for 10% of the US healthcare spending; this amounts to $147 billion annually. Smoking, by comparison, costs $96 billion. Obesity is already a global problem in both developed and developing countries and its health costs will impact all countries facing it. The economic impact will be much more damaging for those countries with lower incomes that are less able to afford the rising costs. We need to revert the global trend of increasing obesity and the resultant cost to life and the economy. Globally, obesity related illnesses count for as many deaths in young and middle aged adults as HIV/AIDS.(6) Diabetes, another diet-related disease, is also on the rise worldwide. Globally, 346 million people have diabetes with more than 80% of diabetes deaths occurring in low and middle-income countries.