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How AI can help fight obesity

With worldwide obesity nearly tripling since 1975, researchers are now looking at AI to find the answer.

Even as much of the globe battles to keep its population well-fed and away from the clutches of malnutrition, some countries in the world face a problem born out of an unhealthy abundance. Obesity has slowly, but surely, gone on to become a major health issue for residents in many parts of the world.

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