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b'Growing populations of the overweight and obese are putting a multi-billion-dollar strain on health costs in developing countries and stifling economic growth. \\n\\nA 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\\u2019s 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. \\n\\nRead the transcript\\nhttps://bit.ly/2HdOjVp\\n\\nRead the report\\nhttps://www.adb.org/publications/wealthy-unhealthy-overweight-and-obesity-asia-and-pacific-trends-costs-and-policies\\n\\nAbout the authors\\nMatthias Helble is an economist at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila.\\nAzusa Sato is a health specialist also at ADB. \\n\\nKnow more about ADBI\\u2019s work\\nhttps://bit.ly/2SmLjH9\\nhttps://bit.ly/2SkFTN7\\n\\nWatch the related video\\nhttps://bit.ly/2RvoGnQ'