In the U.S., the flu season has begun to get worse with the sickness now spreading into more than 35 states, up from the 25 the previous week, according to the Center for Disease Control that released a report on Friday.

Lyn Finelli an expert on flu with the CDC said in the weekly reports on flu that the season has yet to peak, but it is still too soon to determine if it will be worse than what is considered normal.

Thus far, the numbers are not as high as last year. The amount of people that have visited doctors for flu symptoms climbed to over 4% of all visits to the doctor last week, which was near double from just two week before.

North Carolina health officials reported on Thursday that the death toll due to seasonal flu had increased by 2 to 21. Of the deaths, 19 were young or middle-age adults, of which most had underlying medical conditions. Just two of the deaths reported were in people older than 65.

State officials in health said the flu activity was widespread in many states since the middle of December. The season usually does not peak until late January and into February.

Health officials in Washington said on Friday that the state had 11 deaths this season. King County had accounted for five deaths, which is expected since it is the population center for the state. Last season, there were 54 flu deaths officially reported for Washington.

Officials in Washington said the number of deaths was not unusual but that the department urged everyone older than 6 months to be vaccinated.

In Nevada, there have been five deaths in Washoe County, while two-middle aged people and one elderly person died in Clark County.

Officials said people could still have a flu vaccination. Even though the season peaks in January or February, officials warned that it continues many times into spring.

Besides getting a vaccine, it is recommended that people wash their hands frequently, cover their mouths and nose when sneezing and cough to stop as much as possible the spread of germs.

Sandra Bullock, Justin Timberlake and Ellen DeGeneres enjoyed multiple wins at the People’s Choice Awards, the first awards show for the year.

The people spoke and Bullock’s name is whom they chose. The actress, who has won an Academy Award, was the night’s biggest winner on Wednesday with four awards that included favorite movie actress as well as favorite movie duo with George Clooney in Gravity.

Bullock thanked co-stars, film crews and Louis her son for letting her have a night out. She said she won so many awards because all the people around her make her look and act better.

Over 700 million votes were cast to select the winners, with Beth Behrs and Kat Dennings the stars of Two Broke Girls hosting the awards show with OneRepublic, Brad Paisley and Sara Bareilles all performing.

Iron Man 3 won the awards for best action movie and favorite overall movie. The favorite television network comedy went to The Big Bang Theory, while Kaley Cuoco, its star won favorite comedy actress for television.

Timberlake took home three awards for favorite Album, R&B artist and male artist. DeGeneres, by winning the favorite TV host for daytime, became the all time winningest female on the awards show with her 14th award.

DeGeneres thanked the people for voting for her and said nothing givers her more pleasure than making people happy.

Queen Latifah won the award for best new host of a talk show and said the award means a great deal to her since it comes from the people.

Favorite comedy actor in a movie went to Adam Sandler, which was the fourth straight year he has won the award.

Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder, who heat up the television screen on Vampires Diaries and are an ex-couple in real life, won for favorite chemistry onscreen. However, they said it was not awkward for them when acting.

Britney Spears won her first award at the People’s Choice for most popular pop artist. She called the win awesome and thanked her sons, family and management team.

Jennifer Houston won the favorite humanitarian award on the show in recognition of the work she does for the Julian D. King Gift Foundation.

The problems with obesity are no longer just in the United States. The dangerous epidemic that has been long-associated with the West is now beginning to take hold in developing nations such as India and China. This has caused the countries to see many people packing on extra weight.

The Overseas Development Institute, in a new report called Future Diets, used information that covered a period of 28 years from Mexico, China and India, amongst other countries, to demonstrate a trend in developing nations towards obesity. The analysis done by the ODI revealed that from 1980 to 2008 obesity tripled in the developing nations that were examined, which resulted in over 904 million people obese.

According to results from the research, India alone currently has as many as 1.46 billion people considered obese or overweight, with a national rate of 11% for those considered obese or overweight.

In China, a similar rated for obesity is seen amongst young adults, particularly people between 20 and 39 years of age, with overall obesity rates in the country double what it was only 3 decades ago.

The ODI report also showed that there is a greater percentage of obese in poor countries compared to in wealthier nations. The 904 million people considered obese or overweight in the developing nations compares to only 557 million in the majority of industrialized nations.

Many countries that see their people as not having enough food to eat are also the same countries seeing a dramatic increase in their obesity rates.

The paradox is relatively recent and has researchers and scientists looking for reason behind the new trend.

Increases in median income amongst countries most effected, couple with lowering prices of food in the same countries appear to be what is driving the soaring rates of obesity in India, China and other similar nations.

Blame also must be placed on the increase of media and advertising campaigns regarding foods, much of which are unhealthy and full of calories. Higher consumption of salt, sugar and fat has been associated with industrialization. However, the diets across the different nations are not necessary similar.

Consumption in India of animal products has increased, but in dairy products not meat, while in China the increased in consumption of animal products means more meat is consumed.