Report Estimates 1 Billion People Worldwide Are Obese — VOA Learning English
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A new study estimates more than 1 billion people worldwide are currently living with obesity. People with obesity are considered medically overweight.
The study, published in the medical publication The Lancet, said that one in eight people are obese. Researchers said around 43 percent of adults were overweight in 2022.
Worldwide, obesity among adults has more than doubled since 1990, the study found. Among young people aged five to 19, the obesity rate increased by four times during the same period.
“A staggering number of people are living with obesity,” declared the lead writer of the study, Majid Ezzati. He is a professor at Imperial College London.
Severe obesity is strongly linked to a…
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