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Bookmark or Share- Controlling the global obesity epidemic - World Health Organization (WHO)
At the other end of the malnutrition scale, obesity is one of today’s most blatantly visible – yet most neglected – public health problems. Paradoxically coexisting with undernutrition, an escalating global epidemic of overweight and obesity – “globesity” – is taking over many parts of the world. If immediate action is not taken, millions will ...
- Obesity - World Health Organization (WHO)More than 1.9 billion adults were overweight in 2016, and 650 million obese. In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults were overweight and 650 million were obese. At least 2.8 million people each year die as a result of being overweight or obese. The prevalence of obesity nearly tripled between 1975 and 2016.
- Obesity and overweight - World Health Organization (WHO)About 16% of adults aged 18 years and older worldwide were obese in 2022. The worldwide prevalence of obesity more than doubled between 1990 and 2022. In 2022, an estimated 37 million children under the age of 5 years were overweight. Once considered a high-income country problem, overweight is on the rise in low- and middle-income countries.
- World Obesity Day 2022 – Accelerating action to stop obesityThis number is still increasing. WHO estimates that by 2025, approximately 167 million more people – adults and children – will become less healthy because they are overweight or obese. On the occasion of World Obesity Day 2022, WHO is urging countries to do more to reverse this predictable and preventable health crisis.
- Obesity: Health consequences of being overweightBeing overweight or obese can have a serious impact on health. Carrying extra fat leads to serious health consequences such as cardiovascular disease (mainly heart disease and stroke), type 2 diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders like osteoarthritis, and some cancers (endometrial, breast and colon).
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