Researchers are calling for urgent action and global policy reforms to address a grave health issue: the prediction of a widespread obesity pandemic by 2050.
A recent study revealed that obesity could affect more than half of adults and a third of children and teenagers globally in the next 25 years. The study estimated the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and young adolescents (aged 5-14 years), older adolescents (aged 15-24 years), and adults (aged 25 and older) across 204 countries and territories. It examined data from 1990 to 2021, with forecasts extending to 2050.
