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/