Obesity and overweight - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年3月1日 · Obesity is a chronic complex disease defined by excessive fat deposits that can impair health. Obesity can lead to increased risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease, it can affect bone health and reproduction, it increases the risk of certain cancers. Obesity influences the quality of living, such as sleeping or moving.
Obesity - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年9月30日 · Obesity is one side of the double burden of malnutrition, and today more people are obese than underweight in every region except the South-East Asia Region. Once considered a problem only in high-income countries, today some middle-income countries have among the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity worldwide.
Waist circumference and waist-hip ratio: report of a WHO expert ...
2011年5月16日 · Overview . The overall aim of the expert consultation was to review the scientific evidence and make recommendations on the issues related to waist circumference and waist-hip ratio.
Obesity causes cancer and is major determinant of disability and …
2022年5月4日 · “Obesity knows no borders. In Europe and Central Asia, no single country is going to meet the WHO Global NCD target of halting the rise of obesity,” said Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe. “The countries in our Region are incredibly diverse, but every one is challenged to some degree.
New WHO framework available for prevention and management …
2023年5月17日 · The new framework promotes expanded access to obesity prevention and management services for all age groups across the life course. It guides the integration and organization of obesity prevention and management services through the health system and community as critical components of universal health coverage.
DOH, NNC, WHO, and development partners call for actions to …
2024年3月5日 · On World Obesity Day, the Department of Health (DOH), National Nutrition Council (NNC), Nutrition Center of the Philippines (NCP), Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), Department of Education (DepEd) – Bureau of Learners Support and Services (BLSS), Philippine Association for the Study of …
Obesity and overweight in South-East Asia - World Health …
2020年11月2日 · The ongoing nutrition transition in the Region is characterized by persistent under-nutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, and the emerging problem of over-nutrition. While South-East Asia has some of the lowest prevalence of overweight and obesity globally, they are seeing an alarming trend in the rates of increase in the last 10-15 years.
New WHO report: Europe can reverse its obesity “epidemic”
Copenhagen, Denmark, 03 May 2022The new WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022, published on 3 May by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, reveals that overweight and obesity rates have reached epidemic proportions across the Region and are still escalating, with none of the 53 Member States of the Region currently on track to meet the WHO Global …
High rates of childhood obesity alarming given anticipated impact …
2021年5月12日 · Press releaseCopenhagen, 11 May 2021In some countries of the WHO European Region, 1 in 3 children aged 6 to 9 years is living with overweight or obesity. Mediterranean countries have the highest rates of obesity, but the situation there is starting to improve.These are some of the findings of a new WHO European Childhood Obesity …
Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI >= 30 (age-standardized ...
Input data and methods are described here: NCD-RisC. Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents and adults.