
Obesity and overweight - World Health Organization (WHO)
Mar 1, 2024 · 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Obesity WPRO - World Health Organization (WHO)
Apr 2, 2020 · Obesity is one of the most serious global public health challenges of the 21st century, affecting every country in the Western Pacific Region. Obesity in adulthood is a major …
Controlling the global obesity epidemic - World Health …
Jun 14, 2024 · <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 …
One in eight people are now living with obesity
Mar 1, 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, …
Principaux repères sur l'obésité et le surpoids
Mar 1, 2024 · Principaux faits. En 2022, 1 personne sur 8 dans le monde était obèse. L’obésité chez les adultes a plus que doublé à l’échelle mondiale depuis 1990 et l’obésité chez les …
Noncommunicable diseases - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oct 31, 2024 · Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung disease, are collectively responsible for 74% of all deaths worldwide.
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 …