obesity is indeed a public health problem of huge proportion Globalization and its ramifications have contributed to this epidemic. The export and ubiquity of the fast-food and soft-drinks culture, the superior preservation and packaging technology of the food industry and its marketing practices all contribute to this. Unfortunately, at the end of the line, the health sector is the ultimate recipient of all these costs of obesity in the national accounts in escalating health-care bills. So, what can be done to tackle obesity as a public health problem?