There are approximately 2.1 billion people in the world who are now considered obese or overweight, up from 875 million in 1980 and roughly 30 percent of the global population, the Lancet show reveals.
And not one country is successful in treating it, the Lancet research said.
The US, China, India and Russia had the highest rates, the 188-country study said, but regionally, the Middle East and North Africa got the greatest rates with about 60 percent men and 65 percent women categorized as heavy. The US now has 13 percent of the world's fat population, while China and India has a fat population taking up about 15 percent.
The US, China, India and Russia had the highest rates, the 188-country study said, but regionally, the Middle East and North Africa got the greatest rates with about 60 percent men and 65 percent women categorized as heavy. The US now has 13 percent of the world's fat population, while China and India has a fat population taking up about 15 percent.
Experts said the rise was due to the "modernisation of our world", causing "physical inactivity on all levels".
More than half of the world's 671 million obese people live in 10 countries, as ranked below:
- US
- China
- India
- Russia
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Egypt
- Germany
- Pakistan
- Indonesia
Source: The Lancet
