World Obesity Federation

This #WorldStrokeDay, explore global prevalence on obesity & key stroke risk factors like diabetes, cholesterol, blood pressure and more. 🌍 Our #GlobalObesityObservatory features interactive globes, regularly updated to bring you the latest data. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e_e2JucC

📰 Obesity is gaining crucial recognition at the heart of the global response to #NCDs! As we work towards the 2025 UN High-Level Meeting, putting obesity at the forefront is essential for impactful change in public health. 🌍💪 ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eh8Rsxn3

🌍 We're excited to welcome new members from Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Costa Rica, and Slovakia to the World Obesity Federation network! Together, we’re expanding our global reach to address obesity around the world. 🎉 ➡️ Read more: https://lnkd.in/gZ6kg8iy #MemberMonday

In response to the #NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) new data on worldwide #obesity published on World Obesity Day, new correspondence in The Lancet this week reflects on several issues including a thoughtful response from #weightbias scholars to potentially misleading equivalencies around food insecurity and excess food. Worth reading along with other comments on the otherwise excellent and essential research by NCD Risc colleagues. World Obesity Federation World Health Organization Imperial College London Kent Buse Amber Huett-Garcia

📈 Childhood obesity is soaring, with 88% of children with overweight and obesity projected to live in low- and middle-income countries by 2035. 🌍 We need urgent action to protect future generations.

📑 The World Health Organization has clear recommendations for addressing obesity. Governments must act now to integrate these into their health and other systems. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eQ-RUyQT

🌍 Obesity: The overlooked crisis in Global Health 🌍 Despite being a major driver of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), obesity remains shockingly overlooked in global health discussions. With over 1 billion people living with obesity, this issue is central to public health, yet it is often ignored or misunderstood. The time for action is now. If we don’t start prioritising obesity as a major health crisis, we will continue to see the ripple effects on diabetes, heart disease, and many other conditions that are already straining healthcare systems worldwide. ➡️ Read more about why obesity deserves immediate attention in global health policy and how we can work towards meaningful change: https://lnkd.in/eHmpkvny #ObesityCrisis #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #NCDs #HealthPolicy #WorldObesity #Healthcare #Prevention

🌍 A week of outrage: now, it’s time for action We’ve spent this week shining a spotlight on the global obesity crisis – the rising rates, the economic burden, the impact on low- and middle-income countries, and the lives lost to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) driven by obesity. But this isn’t just a week of outrage – it’s a call to action for the future. 🚨 Obesity: the overlooked crisis Obesity is one of the most pressing public health emergencies, yet it remains overlooked in global health agendas. It’s time for governments and leaders to stop ignoring this crisis. Nearly 1 billion adults and 159 million children are living with obesity. We cannot afford to wait any longer. 💸 Economic impact By 2035, the economic impact of obesity could reach $4.32 trillion annually – comparable to the cost of the COVID-19 pandemic. The longer we wait, the higher the price. ⚖️ A Call to the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs 2025 In one year, world leaders will gather for the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs. We must demand that obesity is recognised as a central issue. Bold policies, clear targets, and real accountability are needed to turn this crisis around. 🚀 The future is now Together, we can push for comprehensive solutions – from reshaping food systems to breaking the stigma surrounding obesity. We’ve seen success stories from countries that have taken action. Let’s learn from them and create a future where everyone has access to the care they need. 👉 Join us in demanding action. The time for change is now. #YearToAct #TackleObesity #UNHLM2025 #GlobalHealth #NCDs #ObesityCrisis #HealthForAll #DemandAction #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eHmpkvny ➡️ https://lnkd.in/etVpd6Sp

📈 The rising prevalence of obesity The world is facing an unprecedented rise in obesity rates, especially among children and adolescents. Here are some key stats: 👧 Girls: Obesity rates have skyrocketed from 1.7% in 1990 to 6.9% in 2022, affecting 65.1 million girls globally. 👦 Boys: Obesity rates in boys have risen from 2.1% to 9.3%, with 94.2 million boys now living with obesity. 👶 Under 5s: 37 million children under the age of 5 are living with overweight, with the majority in South Asia, East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Pacific. For adolescents and children aged 5-19, the numbers are even more alarming: 🧒 159 million children and adolescents are living with obesity. Obesity rates have quadrupled worldwide since 1990. Among adults, the crisis is just as severe: 🌍 878 million adults are now living with obesity, quadrupling in total since 1990. The prevalence among women has more than doubled, and for men, it has nearly tripled between 1990 and 2022. This isn’t just about numbers – these rising rates are a call to action. We need urgent, coordinated global efforts to halt and reverse this trend. 👉 It’s time for change. Let’s work together to address #obesity. #ObesityCrisis #GlobalHealth #TackleObesity #NCDWeek #HealthForAll #RisingPrevalence #ChildObesity #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

Another year, another global health report that does not prioritise obesity. The Lancet Commission on Investing in Health 2050 report, chaired by Lawrence H. Summers and with 50 well-known and respected global health commissioners, sets forth the top 15 health challenges that, with investment, would realise the Commission's goal of halving premature mortality in the next quarter century. It is a laudable list of communicable and noncommunicable disease (NCD) priorities and related recommendations such as reducing road traffic accidents and tobacco. Yet the report fails to acknowledge that #obesity, a disease and driver of other diseases that currently affects over 1 billion people, is at the heart of preventable #NCD mortality. While there is some mention of obesity in relation to taxes and health systems, the comprehensive approach of the kind that countries are calling for and that is included in the World Health Organization 2022 Obesity Recommendations and #Accelerationplan, is absent. Inadequate action to date has contributed to obesity rates which are projected to double to almost 2 billion children and adults by 2035, which in addition to the devastating human toll is projected to cost the global economy around $4 trillion per year.      World Obesity Federation and the global obesity community are losing patience with the continued minimisation and omission of obesity as a top priority. As our South Africa-based colleagues and expert partners including Francois Venter and Nomathemba Chandiwana observed in this year’s South African Medical Journal #SAMJ publication, “Obesity is South Africa’s New #HIV,” the parallels of bias and oversight are striking: “As with HIV in the early 2000s, tools to prevent and treat obesity are available, but too often are being ignored or obfuscated through government inaction, industry interests, and societal inertia.” Despite significant strides in recognising and understanding obesity – and, to the point of the Commission, measuring the cost of inaction in terms of trillions of dollars per year – obesity remains seriously under-acknowledged as a priority health and societal challenge. Over four million #NCD deaths per year are attributable to obesity. With less than one year until the fourth United Nations High Level Meeting on NCDs, it is time to change the narrative and the actions which follow.