Supersize US: Without ‘immediate action’ nearly 260 million Americans will be overweight or obese by 2050

Without immediate action, researchers have warned that nearly 260 million Americans, an increase of more than 41 million adults, will be considered overweight or obese by 2050.

That includes 213 million adults over 25 – nearly three-quarters of the adult population – and more than 43 million children and adolescents between the ages of five and 24.