Man, I feel like I have really put on weight lately!
I completely understand.  It is easy to do in our country where food is plentiful and we sit at desks all day
I just started a job this year where I sit all day- I really started to pack the weight on! I always had treats in my desk drawer. 
Yes more than 1 billion people globally are overweight or obese its tough
Wow. That's a big number. I have read that the diet in India is the world's least healthy. 
I do not know much about their diet, but I do not that the middle east is no exception to this increase in obesity
I love Middle Eastern food- it seems so healthy, like pitas and tabbouleh. 
I have never had tabbouleh.  I do not generally eat salad like I should
It's a grainy salad, with tons of parsley and feta- really fresh tasting.
Feta
Feta (Greek Φέτα, "féta", "slice") is a brined curd white cheese made in Greece from sheep's milk or from a mixture of sheep and goat's milk. It is a crumbly aged cheese, commonly produced in blocks, and has a slightly grainy texture. Feta is used as a table cheese, as well as in salads (e.g. the Greek salad) and pastries. Most notable is its use in the popular phyllo-based dishes spanakopita ("spinach pie") and
car." He attributes the album's heavier dance orientation to his unique recording set-up: "I had a sit-down desk and I got rid of it cause I started working all day on these songs and I started feeling really sluggish, like I was a banker or something. So I got rid of the desk, put my computer up, and started recording like that. And it just all has a more dance-ready feel because I was dancing when I was making it!"
O'Regan