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Worldwide Overweight and Obesity Rates Projected to Exceed Half of Adults by 2050, Study Warns
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A staggering increase in the number of adults and children worldwide who are overweight or obese is projected for the year 2050. According to various studies, the numbers are expected to reach alarming levels unless governments take immediate action. It is estimated that more than half of adults, approximately 60 percent, and a third of children and young people will be overweight or obese by 2050. This represents a significant rise from the current numbers, with 2.6 billion people already affected worldwide as of 2021, up from 929 million in 1990.
By far the greatest number of premature deaths attributable to high BMI are in lower- and upper-middle-income countries – indicating poor levels of treatment available.
Obesity has significant health, economic and societal impacts that are likely to be more challenging for lower-resourced countries to address.
Much stronger political commitment is needed to transform diets within sustainable global food systems.
The unprecedented global epidemic of overweight and obesity is a profound tragedy and a monumental societal failure.
Global Obesity Epidemic
sources
perspectives
countries
- 1.Australia
- 2.Brazil
- 3.China
- 4.Egypt
- 5.France
- 6.Indonesia
- 7.India
- 8.Mexico
- 9.Russian Federation
- 10.United States
organizations
- 1.Lancet medical journal
- 2.Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
- 3.World Obesity Federation
- 4.IT University of Copenhagen
- 5.Murdoch Children's Research Institute
- 6.Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- 7.University of Washington