Mar 1, 2024 · In 2022, 1 in 8 people in the world were living with obesity. Worldwide adult obesity has more than doubled since 1990, and adolescent obesity has quadrupled. In 2022, 2.5 billion adults (18 years and older) were overweight.

Sep 30, 2024 · Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. A body mass index (BMI) over 25 is considered overweight, and over 30 is obese. In 2019, an estimated 5 million noncommunicable disease (NCD) deaths were caused by higher-than-optimal BMI.

At the 75th World Health Assembly in 2022, Member States adopted new recommendations for the prevention and management of obesity and endorsed the WHO acceleration plan to stop obesity The WHO acceleration plan to stop obesity1 is designed to stimulate and support multisectoral country level action across the globe. Drawing on

With this need in mind, COSI measures trends in overweight and obesity among primary schoolchildren aged 6–9 years, in order to understand progress of the epidemic of obesity in children, gain intercountry comparisons within the WHO European Region and inform action to reverse the trend (18).

OBESITY KEY ANALYSIS. 1. Obesity is a complex multifactorial noncommunicable disease defined by excessive adiposity that can impair health.1 Obesity is also one of the key risk factors for many noncommunicable diseases (NCD) such as coronary heart disease, hypertension and stroke, certain types of cancer, type 2 diabetes,