Though President Bush deserves praise for going to Africa and talking about hunger, his proposals for addressing the problem are likely to make it worse.
Just how drastic those changes will be is anybody's guess, but it seems certain that poorer countries, which did little to contribute to the problem, are likely to be hit hardest by climate change's inexorable reordering of things.
Yet virtually everything PHE does now is likely to be either too little – unlikely to have any meaningful effect on the prevalence of obesity and diabetes – or too much, in that the industries that may indeed be responsible for the problem are likely to fight it.
While the South Korean companies have had to battle with a rising currency, Japanese firms, which for a long time had a similar problem, are likely to benefit from the recent weakening of the yen.
The practical implications of the problem are likely to change as research on these processes matures.
In addition, factors such as timing and characteristics of the health problem are likely to be important in a patient's willingness and ability to engage with self-care support (see also [ 35]).
