World Obesity Day 2024 will be celebrated on March 4th. Childhood obesity is rapidly increasing in India. According to statistics for 2022, approximately 1.25 billion children from the age of 5 to her 19 years are overweight compared to the norm. In 1990, this figure was 4 million.
Of these 1.25 billion people, 73 million boys and 52 million girls suffer from this problem, according to a study published in The Lancet Journal.
Worldwide, the total number of children, adolescents and adults suffering from obesity exceeds 100 million. Obesity and underweight are both types of malnutrition and are harmful to health in different ways.
The NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) is a global network of scientists. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the global obesity rate among children and adolescents in 2022 will be four times higher than in 1990.
Adult obesity rates in India are expected to increase from 1.2% in 1990 to 9.8% for women and 0.5% to 5.4% for men by 2022. It is reported that approximately 4.4 billion women and 2.6 billion men will be affected by obesity by 2022. .
Between 1990 and 2022, the proportion of low birth weight children and adolescents worldwide is projected to decline by nearly one-fifth for girls and by more than one-third for boys. At the same time, the proportion of adults who are underweight worldwide has fallen by more than half.
The obesity rate among girls has increased from 0.1% in 1990 to 3.1% in 2022. Obesity rates among boys rose from 0.1% to 3.9% over the same period. Research shows that from 1990 to 2022, global obesity rates are expected to increase by more than four times for both girls and boys, with obesity rates increasing in almost every country.
'Obesity is exacerbating the health crisis'
“Obesity is a growing health crisis and, worryingly, it is affecting young people at an unprecedented rate. Studies like this demand our attention. Policy-making It is time for patients, medical professionals and communities to come together,” said Dr. Pradeep Chaubey, Director, Max Institute, Institute of Laparoscopy, Endoscopy, Bariatric Surgery and Allied Surgery, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket. Stated.
“The health of our country depends on tackling this issue head on. We need a proactive approach, and our efforts will help children and families make healthy choices. We need to start with this and move towards awareness and prevention,” Dr. Chouby said.
“Bariatric surgery has proven to be the gold standard treatment option for morbid obesity and always will be a tool, but a healthier future requires more. “It's not just a strain on our health care system, but also on our entire economy,” he added.
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