9 Facts on Obesity

Obesity is a medical condition defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may lead to increased health problems like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, certain types of cancer and osteoarthritis. Obesity is a serious problem because it is associated with poor mental health and decreases the quality of life (1^✔ ✔Trusted Source
Obesity Basics

Go to source). A person with BMI greater than or equal to 30 is considered as obese or overweight. Obesity is defined as having a BMI of 30 or higher, whereas being overweight is defined as having a BMI of 25 or higher (2^✔ ✔Trusted Source
Obesity and overweight

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Some key facts about obesity (excessive fat accumulation) are as follows:

1. Obesity causes more life-threatening issues than being underweight (3^✔ ✔Trusted Source
   Underweight, overweight and obesity as risk factors for mortality and hospitalization
   
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2. Around one-thirds of adults and nearly one-sixth of children in the United States are overweight or obese (4^✔ ✔Trusted Source
   Overweight & Obesity Statistics
   
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3. With over 14.4 million obese children, India has the world's second-highest rate of childhood obesity, just behind China (5^✔ ✔Trusted Source
   Overweight/Obesity Prevalence among Under-Five Children and Risk Factors in India: A Cross-Sectional Study Using the National Family Health Survey (2015-2016)
   
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4. Excessive weight is the fifth leading risk of global deaths. Obesity has nearly doubled since 1980 (6^✔ ✔Trusted Source
   Obesity: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Therapeutics
   
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5. Every year 2.8 million adults die as a consequence of overweight or obese (7^✔ ✔Trusted Source
   Obesity
   
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6. Obesity affects more than 1 billion people worldwide, this includes 39 million children, 340 million adolescents, and 650 million adults (8^✔ ✔Trusted Source
   World Obesity Day-2022-Accelerating action to stop obesity
   
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7. Obesity rates are higher in children and adults with disabilities as compared to those without disabilities in the United States. Reports indicate that by 2030, half of all adults in the United States will be obese (9^✔ ✔Trusted Source
   Disability and Obesity
   
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8. 1 billion people worldwide, including 1 in 5 women and 1 in 7 men, will be obese by 2030, according to the World Obesity Atlas 2022 which was published by the World Obesity Federation (10^✔ ✔Trusted Source
   One billion people globally estimated to be living with obesity by 2030
   
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9. 167 million adults and children will become less healthy by 2025 as a result of being overweight or obese, according to an estimate by WHO (8^✔ ✔Trusted Source
   World Obesity Day-2022-Accelerating action to stop obesity
   
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