A report by the World Health Organization (WHO) showed that 59% of adults in Europe had a high body-mass index (BMI) in 2016. The report showed that the majority of Europeans, led by Turkey and the United Kingdom, are overweight.
World Health Organization in a report declaring it an “obesity epidemic” on Tuesday. A body mass index (BMI) over 25 is considered overweight, and over 30 is obese, according to the United Nations Health Agency.
The WHO also noted that the issue of obesity has risen to epidemic proportions, with more than 4 million people dying each year from being overweight or obese in 2017 according to the global burden of disease.
WHO Recently released some key facts on obesity survey taken by him.
Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975.
In 2016 more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years of age and older, were overweight. Of these, over 650 million were obese.
-39% of adults 18 years of age and older were overweight in 2016, and 13% were obese.
Most of the world’s population lives in countries where overweight and obesity kill more people than underweight.
In 2020, 39 million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese.
In 2016 more than 340 million children and adolescents aged 5-19 were overweight or obese.
Obesity is one of the leading causes of death and disability and is estimated to affect approximately 1.2 million . is said to be responsible for death Every year, Europe accounts for 13% of the mortality rate. No country in Europe is on track to reduce obesity rates by 2025, WHO report shows, predicts obesity to overtake smoking as the leading cause of preventable cancer in the next decades .
About 74% of adults in the US are overweight or obese, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said based on data from 2017 and 2018.
The WHO said there has been an increase in the consumption of unhealthy food during the pandemic and the issue is expected to escalate. The report found that almost one in three children in Europe has a high body mass index. WHO urges governments to take action to fight obesity.
“What we need is attention at the highest level,” the Kremlin Wickremesinghe, the acting head of the WHO’s European Office for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases, told reporters in Geneva. We hope this report will be a driving force for the next decade. Will be.”
According to the WHO, the prevalence of obesity is estimated to have increased by 21% in the 10 years before 2016 and more than doubled since 1975.
The pharmaceutical industry has recently been offering more medical treatments for obesity. In 2021, Wegovy, a drug made by Novo Nordisk A/S, became the first weight-loss treatment to receive US Food and Drug Administration approval in years. The Danish company now accounts for more than two-thirds of the global branded obesity prescription drug market.