Analysis forecasts a third of young people will also be overweight or obese, in ‘unparalleled’ threat to health

More than half of all adults and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless urgent action is taken, according to...

Action Needed as Obesity, Overweight Expected to Increase- Study By Sharon Atieno More than half of adults (3.8 billion) and one in three children and...

More than half of all adults and one in three young people (overall, half of the population) worldwide could be overweight or obese by 2050, marking a...

A recent study predicts that by 2050, more than half of the world’s adults (3.8 billion people) and one-third of all children and teenagers (746...

Half of Australian children and teenagers will be obese or overweight by 2050, an alarming study reveals.

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

International burden of illness has concluded that more than half of the world’s adult population (3.8 billion people) and one -third of...

WEDNESDAY, March 5, 2025 -- Globally, increases in obesity are projected to continue to 2050 for children and adolescents, and the prevalence of...

Children as young as five face a future of growing obesity, according to a new report.