Number of obese people worldwide surpasses one billion

Global adult obesity may hit 1.53bn in 2035

The World Obesity Atlas released by the World Obesity Federation has indicated that obesity rates among children and adolescents are skyrocketing globally, necessitating urgent preventive measures to ensure healthier future generations. The spiking obesity rates across the world revealed massive gaps in healthcare and nutrition, with the poorest populations most adversely affected. Statistics shown by

Risk of obesity to global health has overtaken that of hunger, population study shows

A massive study of populations around the world has revealed that obesity, not hunger, is putting global health in peril.

More than one billion people worldwide are obese

There are now more than one billion people living with obesity worldwide, with one in eight of the population affected, new analysis reveals.

The reality of ‘living with obesity’

It’s been brought to my attention that it is no longer done to describe a person as fat. Better, apparently, to say that they are “living with obesity.” This weasel construction makes obesity sound like a malevolent squatter who refuses to be evicted. Or like a bit of genetic bad luck, such as “living with ginger eyelashes.” It’s someone else’s fault. The western world has undoubtedly lost the plot with regard to diet, but before I say more, ful…

Nel mondo oltre un miliardo di obesi, è un'epidemia

Oggi la giornata mondiale: oltre un miliardo di persone nel mondo soffrono di obesità e i numeri sono quelli di un'epidemia. L'Italia è al quarto posto in Europa per obesità nei bambini. Bambini e adolescenti colpiti da obesità sono passati dai 31 milioni del 1990 a quasi di 160 milioni nel 2022. (ANSA)