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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory and Kat Lay

More than half of adults worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050 – report

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About 2.11 billion adults aged 25 or above and 493 million children and young people aged five to 24 are overweight or have obesity. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA

More than half of adults and a third of children and young people worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, posing an “unparalleled threat” of early death, disease and enormous strain on healthcare systems, a report warns.

Global failures in the response to the growing obesity crisis over the past three decades have led to a staggering increase in the numbers affected, according to the analysis published in the Lancet.

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