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Global childhood obesity has increased over ten-fold in 40 years
Global childhood obesity has increased over ten-fold in 40 years
BY Constance Gibbs
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 4:48 PM
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BY Constance Gibbs
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, October 11, 2017, 4:48 PM
There are 11 times more children and teens who are obese now than 40
years ago.
Globally, 124 million kids aged 5 to 19 years old were considered obese
in 2016, up from 11 million in 1975, according to a new study in the
medical journal, The Lancet.
The study, a collaboration between the Imperial College London and the
World Health Organization, was a meta-analysis of 2,416 population
studies across 200 countries. Obesity rates, determined by body-mass
index standards, rose from .7% for girls in 1975 to 5.6% in girls in
2016. Just under 1% of boys were considered obese in 1975, but that
number jumped to nearly 8% 2016. An additional 213 million youths
worldwide were considered overweight in 2016.
“These worrying trends reflect the impact of food marketing and
policies across the globe, with healthy nutritious foods too expensive
for poor families and communities,” said the study’s lead author
Professor Majid Ezzati in accompanying WHO editorial.
Pets in America are super obese
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124 million kids aged 5 to 19 years old were considered obese in 2016, up from
11 million in 1975.
(kwanchaichaiudom/Getty Images/iStockphoto)
The obesity rate was highest in Nauru, a tiny island country near
Australia with a 33.4% obesity rate for girls, and the Cook Islands
with a 33.3% obesity rate for boys. Polynesia and Micronesia followed
with 25.4% of girls and 22.4% of boys who were found to be obese. The
U.S. wasn’t far behind with 19% prevalence of obesity in girls and 23%
in boys, making America have the highest obesity rates in high-income
countries. Girls in the U.S. had the 15th highest obesity rate
worldwide across all income ranges, while boys had the 12th highest.
Underweight children were actually higher in number than overweight
kids in 2016, with 75 million girls and 117 million boys considered
underweight across the globe. However, the study projects that at this
rate, there will be more obese children than underweight children by
2022.
This global maps shows the prevalence for obesity across the globe.
Green areas are under 5%, while the upper red shades represent 25%
prevalence and higher.
This global maps shows the prevalence for obesity across the globe. Green areas
are under 5%, while the upper red shades represent 25% prevalence and higher.
(ncdrisc.org)
WHO states that both obesity and underweight children stem from the
same problem: malnutrition in all its forms.
“We need ways to make healthy, nutritious food more available at home
and school, especially in poor families and communities, and
regulations and taxes to protect children from unhealthy foods,” said
Professor Ezzati.
BMI is no longer the best way to identify obesity
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WHO states that both obesity and underweight children stem from the same
problem: malnutrition in all its forms.
(Yury Minaev/Getty Images/iStockphoto)
WHO has also released an Ending Childhood Obesity Implementation Plan
which gives countries guidance on how to reduce childhood obesity with
instructions including reducing processed foods and reducing children’s
time spent in front of screens and promoting physical activity.
The study, which included adults as well — in order to provide
comparison models — found that adulthood obesity rose from 100 million
in 1975 to 671 million in 2016. Another 1.3 billion adults were
considered overweight.
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