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...

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

TUESDAY, March 4, 2025 -- More than half of adults and a third of children and teens worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, a comprehensive...

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

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...

Health officials are seeking are sounding the alarm amidst stark figures about childhood obesity in Antigua and Barbuda. Their concerns coincide with...

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...

Obesity, which increases the risk of serious health problems like diabetes and heart disease, will affect half of all adults by 2050, a study shows.

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

Lancet study uses data from 204 countries to paint a grim picture of what it called an 'unprecedented global epidemic'.