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Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. The Lancet. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02750-2
- Atlas of Childhood Obesity
This Atlas of Childhood Obesity provides the latest...
- Atlas of Childhood Obesity
8 lis 2022 · WHO/Europe has published a new Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) report, the fifth in a series measuring trends in overweight and obesity among primary school aged children since 2007. The new report’s findings are based on the latest data gathered in 2018–2020 in 33 countries of the WHO European Region.
Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age - WHO Prevalence of overweight among children and adolescents - WHO Share of children who are overweight or obese, 2010 to 2020 - Our World In Data
This Atlas of Childhood Obesity provides the latest estimates of infant, child and adolescent obesity prevalence in 191 countries.
By category > Noncommunicable diseases > Risk factors > Overweight / Obesity > Prevalence of obesity, crude. Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents, BMI>+2 standard deviation above the median, crude. Estimates by country, among children aged 5-19 years. Also available:
29 lut 2024 · In 2022, obesity in school-aged children and adolescents was more prevalent than thinness with a posterior probability of at least 0·80 among girls in 133 countries (67%) and boys in 125 countries (63%), whereas the converse was true in 35 countries (18%) and 42 countries (21%), respectively.
Obesity rates tend to be much lower across South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. More than a third of adults in the United States were obese in 2016. In countries such as India and Nigeria, that share was far lower. The chart also shows the share of adults who are obese has grown over time.
