07.01.14
The number of overweight and obese people rose from 857 million in 1980 to 2.1 billion in 2013, according to the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013, published in The Lancet. Furthermore, the number of those overweight and obese has drastically increased worldwide, with adults posting a 28% increase, and children up by 47%.
However, rates vary widely internationally with more than half of the world’s 671 million obese individuals living in just 10 countries—the U.S. (more than 13%), China and India (15% combined), Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, Pakistan and Indonesia.
Over the past three decades, the highest rises in obesity levels among women have been in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Honduras and Bahrain, and among men in New Zealand, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. In high-income countries, some of the highest increases in adult obesity prevalence have been in the U.S. (where roughly a third of the adult population are obese), Australia (where 28% of men and 30% of women are obese) and the U.K. (where around a quarter of the adult population are obese).
Findings come from a new analysis of the global, regional and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults aged 20 years and older and children and adolescents aged 2-19 years between 1980 and 2013.
However, rates vary widely internationally with more than half of the world’s 671 million obese individuals living in just 10 countries—the U.S. (more than 13%), China and India (15% combined), Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, Pakistan and Indonesia.
Over the past three decades, the highest rises in obesity levels among women have been in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Honduras and Bahrain, and among men in New Zealand, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. In high-income countries, some of the highest increases in adult obesity prevalence have been in the U.S. (where roughly a third of the adult population are obese), Australia (where 28% of men and 30% of women are obese) and the U.K. (where around a quarter of the adult population are obese).
Findings come from a new analysis of the global, regional and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in adults aged 20 years and older and children and adolescents aged 2-19 years between 1980 and 2013.
