Over 50% of Adults Could be Overweight by 2050
More than half of all adults and a third of children, teenagers and young adults around the world are predicted to be overweight or obese by 2050. The findings come in a new study of global data published in The Lancet journal, covering more than 200 countries.
Researchers warn that obesity levels are predicted to accelerate rapidly during the remainder of this decade, particularly in lower-income countries. However, experts say that if governments take urgent action now, there is still time to prevent what they describe as a “profound tragedy”.
By 2021, almost half the global adult population – a billion men and 1.11 billion women aged 25 or older – were overweight or obese. The proportion of both men and women living with these conditions has doubled since 1990. If trends continue, global rates of overweight and obese adults would rise to about 57.4% for men and 60.3% for women by 2050.
Excerpted from the BBC
