Over past three decades. obesity rates increased fourfold among children and doubled among adults
More than 1 billion people worldwide are now living with obesity, with rates among children increasing fourfold across a 32-year period, according to new research.
Analysis of the weight and height measurements of over 220 million people from more than 190 countries shows how body mass index (BMI) changed across the world between 1990 and 2022.
Approximately 1,500 researchers contributed to the study by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). Published in the Lancet, it found that over the period obesity rates increased fourfold among children, and doubled among adults.
Easy in what way? It’s not easy if your body craves food as a substitute for happiness, or sleep, or calm thoughts. Stress is a major factor in weight gain and it’s a primal instinct, so it’s hard to fight. Especially because if you’re overwhelmed by lack of sleep, worry over finances, and have no time, it’s hard to shop for and prepare healthful food all the time. And there may not be time for physical exercise either. “It’s easy” is a hurtful thing to say when another choice would be, “let me take on some of your burden so you can take care of your health.”