1 Pellicle (dental) , the thin layer of salivary glycoproteins deposited on the teeth of many species through normal biologic processes. 2  Pellicle, the protective cover which can be applied to a photomask used in semiconductor device fabrication. Pellicle, the protective cover which can be applied to a photomask used in semiconductor device fabrication.
SEATTLEâThe highest proportion of overweight and obese people â 13% of the global total â live in the United States, a country which accounts for only 5% of the worldâs population, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis of trend data from 188 countries.
For the first time in human history, the number of overweight people rivals the number of underweight people .â¦ While the worldâs underfed population has declined slightly since 1980 to 1.1 billion, the number of overweight people has surged to 1.1 billion.