Abstract

Obesity Global Epidemic

Obesity is a serious, common and chronic disease. Obesity puts people at risk for many other serious chronic diseases and increases the risk of severe illness from COVID-19. Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled. In 2020, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older were overweight. Of these over 650 million were obese. 39% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight and 13% were obese


Author(s):

Monica Austen



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