Saturday, March 21, 2015

Mini Fact 2: Worldwide Obesity & Overweight

In 2014,
  • Over 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight
  • Over 600 million were obese.
  • Overall, about 13% of the world’s adult population (11% of men and 15% of women) were obese in 2014.
  • In 2014, 39% of adults aged 18 years and over (38% of men and 40% of women) were overweight.
  • The worldwide prevalence of obesity more than doubled between 1980 and 2014

Source: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/

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