More than half of all adults and a third of children and teens will be overweight or obese worldwide by 2050, according to a recent study published in The Lancet, which also found that overweight and obesity rates in adults, children, and teens more than doubled over the past 30 years. For the study, researchers tracked the body mass index (BMI) rates of people in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2021. The researchers then used those trends to project obesity rates to 2050.
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Source: https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2025/03/05/obesity-rates