Obesity and overweight - World Health Organization (WHO)
Obesity is a chronic complex disease defined by excessive fat deposits that can impair health. Obesity can lead to increased risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease, it can affect bone health and reproduction, it increases the risk of certain cancers. Obesity influences the quality of living, such as sleeping or moving.
Obesity - World Health Organization (WHO)
Sep 30, 2024 · Obesity is one side of the double burden of malnutrition, and today more people are obese than underweight in every region except the South-East Asia Region. Once considered a problem only in high-income countries, today some middle-income countries have among the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity worldwide.
Obesity - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oct 4, 2024 · Obesity is one side of the double burden of malnutrition, and today more people are obese than underweight in every region except the South-East Asia Region. Once considered a problem only in high-income countries, today some middle-income countries have among the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity worldwide.
Obesity - World Health Organization (WHO)
Jun 9, 2021 · Childhood obesity is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century. Overweight children are likely to become obese adults. They are more likely than non-overweight children to develop diabetes and cardiovascular diseases at a younger age, which in turn are associated with a higher chance of premature death and disability.
Controlling the global obesity epidemic - World Health …
<p>At the other end of the malnutrition scale, obesity is one of today’s most blatantly visible – yet most neglected – public health problems. Paradoxically coexisting with undernutrition, an escalating global epidemic of overweight and obesity – “globesity” – is taking over many parts of the world. If immediate action is …
One in eight people are now living with obesity
Jan 3, 2024 · New study released by the Lancet shows that, in 2022, more than 1 billion people in the world are now living with obesity. Malnutrition, in all its forms, includes undernutrition, inadequate vitamins or minerals, overweight and obesity. Undernutrition is responsible for half of the deaths of children under 5 and obesity can cause noncommunicable diseases such as …
World Obesity Day 2022 – Accelerating action to stop obesity
Mar 4, 2022 · People with obesity are also three times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19. The key to preventing obesity is to act early, ideally even before a baby is conceived. Good nutrition in pregnancy, followed by exclusive breastfeeding until the age of 6 months and continued breastfeeding until 2 years and beyond, is best for all infants and ...
Obesity: Health consequences of being overweight
Mar 1, 2024 · Being overweight or obese can have a serious impact on health. Carrying extra fat leads to serious health consequences such as cardiovascular disease (mainly heart disease and stroke), type 2 diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders like osteoarthritis, and some cancers (endometrial, breast and colon).
The challenge of obesity - World Health Organization (WHO)
Feb 23, 2024 · Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health. Obesity is linked to an increased risk for many NCDs, including cardiovascular diseases, 13 types of cancer, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and chronic respiratory diseases including obstructive sleep apnoea.
Obesity EURO - World Health Organization (WHO)
Dec 31, 2024 · Obesity is one of the greatest public health challenges of the 21st century. Both societies and governments need to act to curb the epidemic. National policies should encourage and provide opportunities for greater physical activity, and improve the affordability, availability and accessibility of healthy foods.