AXIOS February 29, 2024
Rates of obesity in the U.S. and around the world have more than doubled over the past three decades, according to a new study in The Lancet.
Why it matters: More than 1 billion people worldwide now have obesity, a sign of worsening nutrition that’s also raising the risk of leading causes of death and disease such as high blood pressure, cancer and diabetes.
What they found: The global rate of obesity more than doubled among women, from 8.8% to 18.5%, and nearly tripled in men, from 4.8% to 14.0%, between 1990 and 2022, according to research that pulls from over 3,600 studies.
- The obesity rate among children and adolescents increased by roughly four times, from 1.7% to 6.9%...
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