Globally, there are 1.5 billion adults who are either overweight or obese, a number expected to increase to 3 billion by 2030. The epidemic is reaching catastrophic proportions, and one of the key-if small- steps to bringing it under control is to have a common language to describe the problem.
The first artificial satellite was Sputnik 1. It was the size of a basketball and was made by the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) or Russia. It was launched on October 4, 1957.
Sputnik was the name of the first satellite to be launched into outer space? by the russians. it was a hollowed out nuclear missile ===== No, and furthermore, no. Sputnik was the name given to the first man-made object to â¦ successfully achieve low-earth-orbit, after earlier failed attempts in both the USA and the USSR.