A map comparing obesity rates in U.S. states and European countries in 2024 has gained viral attention online after being shared on Reddit. Data from the World Population Review for the U.S. and ...

Global rise of large food chains linked to obesity epidemic; unhealthy food sales spike dramatically over last decade.

By 2050, over half of the adults and one third of the youth may be obese. Experts have called for urgent action to prevent ...

“The unprecedented global epidemic of overweight and obesity is a profound tragedy and a monumental societal failure,” lead author Emmanuela Gakidou said in a news release. She's a professor ...

By 2021, 93.1 million and 80.6 million individuals aged 5 to 14 and 15 to 24 years, respectively, had obesity. Global increases in overweight prevalence are forecasted to stabilize from 2022 to ...

World Obesity Day, observed on March 4 every year, aims to raise awareness about the growing global health challenge of obesity. The day emphasizes the need for collective efforts in education ...

The researchers wrote, "While China, India and the USA will continue to constitute a large proportion of the global population with overweight and obesity, the number in the sub-Saharan Africa ...

Alice Gibbs is a Newsweek Senior Internet Trends & Culture Reporter based in the U.K. For the last two years she has specialized in viral trends and internet news, with a particular focus on ...

HealthDay News — Globally, increases in obesity are projected to continue to 2050 for children and adolescents, and the prevalence of overweight and obesity is set to increase among adults, according ...