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Over 50% of adults worldwide predicted to be obese or overweight by 2050

More than half of adults and a third of children will be overweight or obese by 2050, according to a new report. Failure to ...
MedPage Today

Over Half of Adults, a Third of Kids Globally Will Have Overweight, Obesity by 2050

Over half of adults and a third of kids and teens around the world will have overweight or obesity by 2050, according to two reports using data on 204 countries and territories. If observed trends ...
The Conversation

208 million Americans are classified as obese or overweight, according to new study synthesizing 132 data sources

Nearly half of adolescents and three-quarters of adults in the U.S. were classified as being clinically overweight or obese in 2021. The rates have more than doubled compared with 1990. Without urgent ...
Medical Xpress

Study estimates adolescents living with overweight and obesity in England has increased by 50% between 2008–2023

New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) shows that the proportion of adolescents living with overweight or obesity in England has increased by ...