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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.

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[–] notgold@aussie.zone -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure where your from but in my team at work, half of us attend gym at least once a week and we all regularly discuss diet and exercise. It's not 0.01% that care about themselves.

[–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 months ago

I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the general population. And even the guys I go to the gym with don't count as obese BMI wise, despite having plenty of muscle. You really need to be in the bulking strong man / bodybuilder category to get your BMI up that high and still be on the non-fat side of things.