Worldwide Obesity

In 2019 an estimated 38 2 million children under the age of 5 years were overweight or obese.

Worldwide obesity. Bmi values are used to define whether an individual is considered to be underweight healthy overweight or obese. Paradoxically coexisting with undernutrition an escalating global epidemic of overweight and obesity globesity is taking over many. At the other end of the malnutrition scale obesity is one of today s most blatantly visible yet most neglected public health problems. World obesity rates as aforementioned topping the list of the world s most obese countries are small pacific island nations such as samoa tonga and kiribati to name a few.

Social inequalities in overweight and obesity are strong especially among women. The majority of the obesity on the planet resides in a few countries in fact the top 10 countries contribute half the entire world s obesity. Additionally obesity is the leading preventable cause of preventable death. We are excited to announce the launch of our new and improved global obesity observatory.

Controlling the global obesity epidemic the challenge. In about half of the eight countries for which data are available less. The new world obesity data site. At the world obesity federation we have been collating data for over 20 years.

This database is online and available to view in various formats. World obesity population. Obesity is most commonly measured using the body mass index bmi scale. Obesity rates are projected to increase further by 2030 and korea and switzerland are the countries where obesity rates are projected to increase at a faster pace.

Obesity is linked to many health complications and diseases such as diabetes heart disease certain types of cancer and stroke. The worldwide prevalence of obesity nearly tripled between 1975 and 2016. Our new website is more interactive and has more data than ever before and comes complete with a suite of new features. Once considered a high income country problem overweight and obesity are now on the rise in low and middle income countries particularly in urban settings.

World obesity data introducing. There are also about 125 million obese children and adolescents in the entire world according to a bmi over 30. The worldwide prevalence of obesity nearly tripled between 1975 and 2016. Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975 with about 13 of adults being obese and about 39 of adults being overweight.

Approximately four of every five citizens in these countries are obese or overweight.