According to estimates by WHO and a group of international research experts, by 2022 the number of people obesity on world about 1,038 billion people have increased more than fourfold since 1990. Researchers looked at data related to more than 220 million people in more than 190 countries.
Obesity rates in adults have increased more than 2 times from 1990 to 2022 and more than 4 times in children and adolescents.
For girls the obesity rate increased from 1 7% of the world population in 1990 to 6 9 % by 2022. For boys the increase is from 2 1% to 9 3% over the same time period.
For women the obesity rate increases from 8 8% to 18 5% and for men from 4 8% to 14% during the same period.
At the same time, the proportion of underweight people decreased in both children and adults. Obesity has become more common than underweight in most countries, including many low- and middle-income countries that previously struggled with malnutrition.
“One “A staggering number of people around the world are living with obesity,” said Majid Ezzati, professor at Imperial College London.
Professor Ezzati further highlighted the prevalence of obesity. are stabilizing in many richer countries, they are rising rapidly elsewhere.
“We used to think of obesity as a rich people’s problem. Obesity is a problem of the world” Francesco Branca, head of WHO’s nutrition department, said at a press conference.
However, obesity rates in low- and middle-income countries are now as high as some countries in the Caribbean Middle East are higher than in many developed countries, especially Europe.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the implementation of measures such as taxes on products high sugar content and promoting healthy school meals are needed to help tackle obesity rates.
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