The prevalence of obesity and diabetes has grown worldwide, presenting notable challenges to public health and health care ...
Globally, increases in obesity are projected to continue to 2050 for children and adolescents, and the prevalence of overweight and obesity is set to increase among adults.
Global rise of large food chains linked to obesity epidemic; unhealthy food sales spike dramatically over last decade.
The alarming new report warns that if action is not taken to combat the growing obesity crisis, more than half of adults and ...
Nearly 60 percent of all adults and a third of all children in the world will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless ...
A Lancet study reveals that global obesity rates have doubled since 1990, with over 2 billion people now overweight or obese.
Obesity rates are set to skyrocket, with one in six children and adolescents worldwide forecast to be obese by 2050, according to a new study. But with significant increases predicted within the next ...
The findings come in a new study of global data published in The Lancet, external journal, covering more than 200 countries. Researchers warn that obesity levels are predicted to accelerate ...
The study, coinciding with World Obesity Day, used an established forecast model and Body Mass Index (BMI) data from 204 countries and territories. Globally, the study found that a third of ...
NEARLY 50million Brits will be fat by 2050 — costing the NHS an estimated £10billion a year — as global obesity rates soar to record levels, studies show. Experts predict that without urgent ...
The unprecedented global epidemic of overweight and obesity is a profound tragedy and a monumental societal failure,” said ...