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Childhood obesity is associated with a higher chance of premature death and disability in adulthood. Overweight and obese children are more likely to stay obese into adulthood and to develop noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes and cardiovascular diseases at a younger age.
- Obesity and Overweight
The worldwide prevalence of obesity more than doubled...
- Obesity and Overweight
27 Νοε 2022 · It is clear that childhood obesity resulted in higher increased total medical costs, outpatient visit costs, and hospitalization costs than childhood overweight. Thus, reducing childhood obesity prevalence could save many preventable healthcare costs.
1 Μαρ 2024 · The worldwide prevalence of obesity more than doubled between 1990 and 2022. In 2022, an estimated 37 million children under the age of 5 years were overweight. Once considered a high-income country problem, overweight is on the rise in low- and middle-income countries.
30 Αυγ 2024 · Responding to childhood obesity is a pressing public health priority, and the World Economic Forum’s New Frontiers of Nutrition initiative is one example of the multifaceted response needed. Most people now live in countries where being overweight or obese is a bigger problem than being underweight.
Understanding the social determinants, biological and genetic risks, and environmental conditions leading to childhood overweight and obesity is fundamental to the development of strategies for its recognition and management.
Obesity has a major impact on national economies by reducing productivity and life expectancy and increasing disability and health care costs. In 2016, more than 2 billion people worldwide were overweight or obese, and over 70 percent of them lived in low- or middle-income countries.
18 Μαΐ 2023 · The prevalence of child and adolescent obesity has plateaued at high levels in most high-income countries and is increasing in many low-income and middle-income countries.
