Over 50% of adults predicted to be obese by 2050: Research
More than half of all adults and a third of children, teenagers, and young adults worldwide are expected to be overweight or obese by 2050, according to a recent study.
The prediction comes from a new global study published Monday in the medical journal The Lancet, which analyzes data from over 200 countries.
Researchers caution that obesity rates are set to rise sharply over the rest of this decade, especially in lower-income nations.
As of 2021, nearly half of the global adult population -- around 1 billion men and 1.11 billion women aged 25 and older -- were overweight or obese.
If current trends persist, the global rates of overweight and obese adults are projected to reach 57.4% for men and 60.3% for women by 2050, the study said.
China, India, and the US are expected to have the largest populations of overweight or obese individuals by 2050, it added.
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