Here’s a topic and set of graphics and information that many won’t like: obesity. It seems like everyone wants to diet and watch their weight. Is America getting fat or even obese? Is the world fattening or obese?
More than half the world’s population will be overweight or obese by 2035, wiping trillions of pounds from the potential value of the global economy, a report warns. The figure is expected to rise from 2.6 billion people (38%) in 2020 to 4 billion (51%) in the next 12 years without any action to tackle the crisis.
Obesity alone is expected to increase from 14% to 24% during this period, according to a new analysis by the World Obesity Federation.
It means 2 billion adults and children, one in four, will be affected by the disease, increasing their risk of cancerheart disease and type 2 diabetes. The report blames Covid lockdowns for fueling the weight gain, as curbs restricted movement outside the home and encouraged lifestyles and snacking. Below is a chart of which countries (by gender) will suffer the most in 2023. Learn more here.
The economic impact of overweight and obesity is expected to more than double from £1.64 trillion in 2020 to £3.35 trillion in 2035. This includes the healthcare costs of treating obesity and its consequences and the impact of high BMI on economic productivity, including sick leave. , reduced productivity during work and early retirement or death. The economic impact is estimated to reduce global production by 2.9% annually by 2035.
What about obesity in America?
According to the CDC, the percentages of overweight, obese, and severely obese children ages 2 to 19 in the United States have trended upward in recent years. For example, the data shows that the percentage of obese children ages 2 to 19 in the United States increased from 5.2 percent in 1971-1974 to 19.3 percent in 2017-2018. Check out the following charts below and learn more here.
Trends in adult obesity
Trends in childhood obesity:
Trends in childhood obesity:
Juxtapose this with other data that suggests the world has a hunger problem. After steadily declining for a decade, world hunger is on the rise, affecting nearly 10% of people worldwide. Between 2019 and 2022, the number of undernourished people grew to 150 million in a crisis driven largely by conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic; see here for more information on this topic.
14 million children suffer from severe acute malnutrition. 45% of child deaths worldwide are due to hunger and related causes. There is more than enough food produced in the world to feed everyone on the planet. However, up to 828 million people still go hungry.
Isn’t it strange that, on the one hand, the world is getting fatter and hungrier at the same time? This is most likely due to the poor distribution of the food we have. Governments are undoubtedly the cause on the one hand and the cause on the other.
The world is only one government program away from utopia… right?
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