Childhood Obesity - A Rising Issue
Obesity the word itself connects you to various lifestyle disorders such as Diabetes, Heart Diseases, etc. It is rising more and more due to the change in lifestyle. Yet people don't understand it's severity. Let's look at some of the facts Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975. In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. Of these over 650 million were obese. 39% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight in 2016, and 13% were obese. Most of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight. 38 million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese in 2019. Over 340 million children and adolescents aged 5-19 were overweight or obese in 2016. Obesity is preventable Of course the raise in obesity is an issue to be worried about, but a bigger issue is childhood obesity. People are more ignorant about Childh