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    More than a billion people in the world living with obesity – analysis

    by Nilima Marshall Feb 29, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    The number of people living with obesity worldwide has surpassed one billion, according to a global analysis.

    Research published by the journal The Lancet suggests that as of 2022, around 159 million children and adolescents and 879 million adults are obese.

    In the UK, around 16.8 million people are living with obesity – which includes eight million women, 7.4 million men, 760,000 boys and 590,000 girls.

    Data showed that globally, obesity rates among children

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