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The World Obesity Atlas 2022, published by the World Obesity Federation, predicts that one billion people globally, including 1 in 5 women and 1 in 7 men, will be living with obesity by 2030.
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The 2022 Atlas, launched on World Obesity Day, presents projections for 2030 including the projected prevalence for obesity and severe obesity in men and women, and revisits 2030 projections for children.
of World Obesity Day 2023, which focused on encouraging meaningful conversations about obesity to change perceptions, shatter stigma, and catalyse action. This Atlas was published on World Obesity Day and supports the campaign.
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In the map here we see the share of adults who are overweight or obese across countries. As you can see, the share of people who are overweight tends to be higher in richer countries and lower in poorer countries.
This page shows the globe and world map for trends in the combined prevalence of underweight and obesity for adults from 1990 to 2022.
Get the latest news from the Global Obesity Observatory. Pages on this site relating to data from the European region have benefited from the support of a European Union operating grant under the Third Health Programme (2014-2021).