Lancet study uses data from 204 countries to paint a grim picture of what it called an ‘unprecedented global epidemic’.

Nearly 60 percent of all adults and a third of all children in the world will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless ...

Without urgent policy reform and action, over half the world's adult population (3.8 billion) and a third of all children and ...

Study includes country-level data for 204 countries and territories worldwide. A link to summary tables for rates in selected ...

Nearly 60 percent of all adults and a third of all children in the world will ... a researcher at the University of Copenhagen not involved in the study. For example, socially deprived groups have a ...

If observed trends over the past 30 years continue, the total number of adults ages 25 and older living with overweight (body ...

A new study warns that nearly 60% of adults and one-third of children worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless ...