In a new report titled “Globesity — The Global Fight Against Obesity,” Merrill Lynch proposes a basket of 50 stocks it sees making gains from the fight against global obesity. The report identifies specific segments of four key sectors for investors to watch:

Pharmaceuticals and health care: companies taking on obesity-related medical conditions; companies that specialize in equipment for overweight patients, like bigger beds and wider ambulance doors.

Food: companies trying to access the $663 billion health-and-wellness market.

Commercial weight loss, diet management, and nutrition: companies trying to access this already $4 billion U.S. market and the growing global one.

Sports apparel and equipment: companies in tune with the belief that governments and the general public will become increasingly aware that exercise is of paramount importance in taking weight off and keeping it off, and as such will do well selling the necessary equipment.

Is ‘Globesity’ the Next Big Thing in Investing? – DailyFinance