Obesity by https://padlet.com/titeililiana098/Obesity250817230816 en-us 2018-02-28 15:32:47 UTC 2023-03-29 06:20:13 UTC hello@padlet.com Key facts titeililiana098 https://padlet.com/titeililiana098/Obesity250817230816/wish/236455234
  • Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975.
  • In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. Of these over 650 million were obese.
  • 39% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight in 2016, and 13% were obese.
  • Most of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight.
  • 41 million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese in 2016.
  • Over 340 million children and adolescents aged 5-19 were overweight or obese in 2016.
  • Obesity is preventable.
]]> 2018-02-28 15:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/titeililiana098/Obesity250817230816/wish/236455234 titeililiana098 https://padlet.com/titeililiana098/Obesity250817230816/wish/236456335 What are overweight and obesity?

Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health.

Body mass index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height that is commonly used to classify overweight and obesity in adults. It is defined as a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of his height in meters (kg/m2).

]]> 2018-02-28 15:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/titeililiana098/Obesity250817230816/wish/236456335 titeililiana098 https://padlet.com/titeililiana098/Obesity250817230816/wish/236456950 Facts about overweight and obesity

Some recent WHO global estimates follow.

  • In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults aged 18 years and older were overweight. Of these over 650 million adults were obese.
  • In 2016, 39% of adults aged 18 years and over (39% of men and 40% of women) were overweight.
  • Overall, about 13% of the world’s adult population (11% of men and 15% of women) were obese in 2016.
  • The worldwide prevalence of obesity nearly tripled between 1975 and 2016.
In 2016, an estimated 41 million children under the age of 5 years were overweight or obese. Once considered a high-income country problem, overweight and obesity are now on the rise in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in urban settings. In Africa, the number of overweight children under 5 has increased by nearly 50 per cent since 2000. Nearly half of the children under 5 who were overweight or obese in 2016 lived in Asia.

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