Obesity has long been classified as a global epidemic — and new data published in The Lancet journal spotlights how much ...

More than half of adults and a third of children and teens worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, a comprehensive ...

Obesity levels worldwide are growing relentlessly. Spain is one of the most affected countries: by 2050, children under 14 ...

More than half of adults globally and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or experiencing obesity by 2050.

Obesity prevalence increased among both adults and children across all regions of the world from 1990 to 2021, and more than ...

More than three in four adults in the UK will be obese or overweight by 2050, a Lancet study has revealed. Experts predict ...

Without urgent policy reform and action, over half the world's adult population (3.8 billion) and a third of all children and ...

Rates of obesity and overweight are spiralling due to a "monumental societal failure" to tackle the problem, with more than ...

For Emmanuela Gakidou, lead author of the study and professor at the University of Washington, "this unprecedented pandemic of overweight and obesity represents a monumental failure of our societies." ...

Obesity has long been classified as a global ... Gakidou from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington, in the release. "Governments and the public health ...