The number of people in poor health worldwide has climbed by almost 50% since the turn of the millennium, with many at risk of dying prematurely due to being overweight with high blood pressure and blood sugar. People face “increasing exposure to risk factors,” including “low physical activity, and diet high in sugar-sweetened beverages,” said Greg Roth of the Seattle-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Roth and fellow researchers found a 49.4% increase in “lost years of healthy life due to poor health and early death,” which they said were “attributable to metabolism-rel…