Overweight and obesity are the fifth leading risk for global deaths. At least 2.8 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese.
Obesity is the result of inappropriate lifestyle choices.
Presently, a full two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. Childhood obesity has also skyrocketed, tripling over the past 30 years. One in three children between the ages of 10 and 17 is now overweight or obese, and 27 percent of young adults, 17 to 24, are too heavy to join the military.
Obesity Facts
- Overweight and obesity are defined as “abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health”.
- More than 1.8 billion adults were overweight in 2013, and more than a billion obese.
- Globally, 42 million preschool children were overweight in 2013.
- Overweight and obesity are linked to more deaths worldwide than underweight.
- For an individual, obesity is usually the result of an imbalance between calories consumed and calories expended.
- Supportive environments and communities are fundamental in shaping people’s choices and preventing obesity.
- Children’s choices, diet and physical activity habits are influenced by their surrounding environment.
- Eating a healthy diet can help prevent obesity.
- Regular physical activity helps maintain a healthy body.
- Curbing the global obesity epidemic requires a population-based multisectoral, multi-disciplinary, and culturally relevant approach.
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