New York - Saba:
A new study published in the Lancet revealed that obesity and overweight rates are increasing alarmingly, and it is expected that more than half of adults and a third of children and adolescents will suffer from this problem by 2050.
The study indicated that this will affect more than 3.8 billion adults and 746 million children and adolescents.
Emmanuela Jakidou, head of the research team and a professor at the University of Washington, explained that this "unprecedented global epidemic" is a major societal failure to address the problem.
The researchers used data from 204 countries and regions to provide these estimates, stressing that obesity is associated with major health risks such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease.
Despite the complex causes of obesity, the researchers stressed the need for governments to focus on improving access to healthy diets for the most vulnerable groups.
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