More than 1B people have obesity, including 159M young people, study estimates

“The solution still is in the transformation of food systems and the environment, such that obesity can be prevented.”

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Mar 23 2024
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More than 1B people have obesity, including 159M young people, study estimates

More than 1 billion people or one in eight people worldwide are now estimated to have obesity, a new study finds.
Obesity rates grew particularly fast among children and teens, quadrupling from 1990… [+4630 chars]

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