- More than half of the world’s population will be overweight or obese by 2035 without significant action, according to a new report.
- The World Obesity Federation’s 2023 atlas predicts that 51% of the world, or more than 4 billion people, will be obese or overweight within the next 12 years.
- Rates of obesity are rising particularly quickly among children and in lower income countries, the report found.
