LONDON – People who eat hastily till feel full, have more chances to be overweight, a problem added by the penetration of fast food, Japanese researchers said.

Eating styles, alone, can contribute to an obesity epidemic fueled by the spread of Western-style, spreading all over the world. The findings, published in the British Medical Journal.

According to the WHO, around 400 million people are obese, among them 20 million are under the age of five. The condition raises the risk of diseases, like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular problems.

For study purpose, Hiroyasu Iso at Osaka University asked 3,000 Japanese volunteers aged 30 – 69 about their eating habit. Half of the men and almost half of the women said they ate until full. About 45 percent men and 36 percent women ate quickly.

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