Over past three decades. obesity rates increased fourfold among children and doubled among adults

More than 1 billion people worldwide are now living with obesity, with rates among children increasing fourfold across a 32-year period, according to new research.

Analysis of the weight and height measurements of over 220 million people from more than 190 countries shows how body mass index (BMI) changed across the world between 1990 and 2022.

Approximately 1,500 researchers contributed to the study by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). Published in the Lancet, it found that over the period obesity rates increased fourfold among children, and doubled among adults.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Sorry, I’m not going to have a discussion with you via Google Translate. The facts remain- Corn was a staple crop for thousands of years and did not cause obesity and Mexico has a lower obesity problem than the United States.

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      4 months ago

      Okay bet if you want to know lo que un Mexicano pienza de la comida Mexicana pues tienes que hablar en espaniol. You may have a point about corn not being the main cause. Another big cause for obesity in Mexico is red meat and all the lard associated with it.

      And look at how diabetes is sort of reported on…like no, the food is not the issue. https://insujet.com/blogs/es/maiz-y-la-diabetes

      But yeah, the food is the issue.