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In 2022, 1 in 8 people in the world were living with obesity. 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.
2 maj 2022 · Overweight and obesity affect almost 60% of adults and nearly one in three children (29% of boys and 27% of girls) in the WHO European Region. Recent estimates suggest that overweight and obesity is the fourth most common risk factor for NCDs in the Region, after high blood pressure, dietary risks and tobacco.
1 dzień temu · Fig. 1 – Overweight and obesity by country rates among men in the EU, 2022. 2. For women, Ireland has the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity (62%, of which 28% were living with obesity) followed by Romania (58%, of which 32% were living with obesity), and Croatia (58%, of which 28% were living with obesity).
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.
1 mar 2024 · New study released by the Lancet shows that, in 2022, more than 1 billion people in the world are now living with obesity. Worldwide, obesity among adults has more than doubled since 1990, and has quadrupled among children and adolescents (5 to 19 years of age).
15 maj 2022 · According to the WHO, there are about 2 billion adults who are overweight, whilst 650 million are obese. If these rates do not slow down, it is expected that 2.7 billion adults will be overweight and over 1 billion will be obese by 2025.
4 mar 2022 · WHO continues to address the global obesity crisis by monitoring global trends and prevalence, developing a broad range of guidance to prevent and treat overweight and obesity, and providing...
