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Worldwide adult obesity has more than doubled since 1990, and adolescent obesity has quadrupled. In 2022, 2.5 billion adults (18 years and older) were overweight. Of these, 890 million were living with obesity.
Obesity varies widely worldwide and has become more common. In the chart here, we see the share of adults (aged 18 years and older) who are obese across regions. These estimates are based on survey data and statistical modeling by the World Health Organization (WHO).
10 cze 2024 · In 2020, it was estimated that around 42 percent of the world's population aged 20 years and older were overweight or obese. By the year 2035, this figure is expected to reach 46...
2 dni temu · France has the lowest overweight and obesity prevalence among men at 41% (of which 10% were living with obesity), followed by the Netherlands at 54% (of which 15% were living with obesity) and Denmark at 56% (of which 16% were living with obesity). 2. Fig. 1 – Overweight and obesity by country rates among men in the EU, 2022. 2.
15 maj 2022 · From 1999 through 2018, the obesity prevalence in the United States increased from 30.5% to 42.4%. Notably, the obesity prevalence was 40% among adults aged 20 to 39 years, 45% among adults aged 40 to 59 years, and 43% among the group aged 60 years and older.
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. Lancet 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/ S0140-6736(23)02750-2
Obesity rates among adults vary more than two-fold across EU countries, from 10% in Romania to 26% in Malta. While in most countries obesity is more prevalent in men, in the Netherlands, Lithuania, Latvia, Turkey and Iceland considerably more women than men are obese.
