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Studies have shown that over the last three decades, the number of overweight people has increased from 857 million to 2.1 billion.
According to the study, the United States has become the largest population having obese people. According to the figures, about 13 percent of the obese people lives in the United States and 50% of the world’s obese people are found in 10 countries!
Researchers at the University of Health's Metrics and Evaluation Institute in Washington say that obesity is a major community health problem in the developed world and in developing countries.
Obesity has increased from 29 to 37 percent in men and 30 to 38 percent in women. In addition, the prevalence of overweight among men is also high in developing countries. The prevalence of overweight among children has increased by 50% from 1980 to 2013, and in 2013, 22% of children in the developed world were mentioned as being overweight. In the developing world, it has been observed that there is a 13% increase in female children.
Researchers have noted that the prevalence of obesity among children is particularly prevalent in low- and middle-income countries.
Researchers have pointed out that obesity is a risk factor for asthma & diabetes as well as cancer. The study also noted that 50% or 671 million of the world's obese people are found in only 10 countries: the United States, China, India, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, Pakistan, and Indonesia.
According to the Institute's director, Dr. Christofrey Murray, the fact that obesity can affect people of all ages and high levels of poverty has warned that in the last three decades, not a single country has been able to achieve success in reducing obesity.