Health Care

  Worldwide, almost 1 billion people are classified as obese. One in eight individuals globally is already obese, according to data from recent Lancet research released by the World Health Organization (WHO). More precisely, according to the most recent data, 43% of adults, or 2.5 billion people, were overweight in 2022; of those, 890 million individuals were obese, a number that has more than doubled since 1990. Since 1990, the number of obese adolescents has quadrupled, with 160 million people aged 5 to 19 classified as obese. However, what distinguishes being overweight from being obese? And in light of the WHO report's renewed demands for global obesity prevention and management, what are some effective interventions? This is important to know. Overweight Versus Obesity According to the director of the WHO's department of nutrition and food safety, obesity is "a chronic relapsing disease characterized by excess deposits of fat that can impair health." ...