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: Health consequences of being overweight
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).
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 coexisting with undernutrition, an escalating global epidemic of overweight and obesity – “globesity” – is taking over many parts of the world. If immediate action is …
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.
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 risk factor for the world’s leading causes of poor health and early death including cardiovascular disease, several common cancers, diabetes and osteoarthritis. Preventing obesity has direct …
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.
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, 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 …
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 adolescents a quadruplé.
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.
Obésité - World Health Organization (WHO)
Le surpoids et l'obésité sont des facteurs de risque majeurs associés à un certain nombre de maladies chroniques, notamment les pathologies cardiovasculaires telles que les maladies cardiaques et les accidents vasculaires cérébraux, qui …