Global obesity data 2021: 2.11 billion adults and 493 million children are obese

Bad news! And the number are forecast to rise significantly in coming years based on current trends.

And it affects all geographic regions!

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Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Figure 1 Trajectories of the estimated prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents, 1990–2050, by super-region