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1 mar 2024 · About 16% of adults aged 18 years and older worldwide were obese in 2022. The worldwide prevalence of obesity more than doubled between 1990 and 2022. In 2022, an estimated 37 million children under the age of 5 years were overweight.
This systematic review and meta-analysis provided a comprehensive analysis of the global epidemiology of overweight and obesity from 2000 to 2023 in children and adolescents younger than 18 years. The overall prevalence of pediatric obesity, overweight, and excess weight was 8.5%, 14.8%, and 22.2%, respectively.
29 lut 2024 · The global age-standardised prevalence of obesity in school-aged children and adolescents increased from 1·7% (1·5–2·0) in 1990 to 6·9% (6·3–7·6) in 2022 in girls and from 2·1% (1·9–2·3) to 9·3% (8·5–10·2) in boys (posterior probability >0·999).
18 maj 2023 · Worldwide, the prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents remains high or is increasing. This Primer by Lister and colleagues discusses the epidemiology, mechanisms, diagnosis,...
This Atlas of Childhood Obesity provides the latest estimates of infant, child and adolescent obesity prevalence in 191 countries. It also provides estimates of the prevalence and numbers of children living with obesity in 2030, along with an estimate of the probability of achieving the World Health Organization (WHO)
1 sie 2024 · Higher prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents was reported in countries with Human Development Index scores of 0.8 or greater and high-income countries or regions. Compared to 2000 to 2011, a 1.5-fold increase in the prevalence of obesity was observed in 2012 to 2023.
25 lis 2019 · The global prevalence of overweight in children aged 5 years or under has increased modestly, but with heterogeneous trends in low and middle-income regions, while the prevalence of obesity in children aged 2–4 years has increased moderately.
