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Some research shows that people with obesity are less likely to be hired for a job and are less likely to be promoted. [236] People with obesity are also paid less than their counterparts who do not live with obesity for an equivalent job; women with obesity on average make 6% less and men with obesity make 3% less. [241]: 30
The International Diabetes Federation reports that as of 2011 [needs update], 366 million people have diabetes; this number is projected to increase to over half a billion (estimated 552 million) by 2030. [4] 80 percent of people with diabetes live in developing countries and in 2011, diabetes caused 4.6 million deaths and approximately 78,000 ...
This is a list of countries by obesity rate, with data from the World Health Organization (WHO), as of 2022. World Health Organization (2022 data)
People classified as overweight are often hit more by loneliness. Addressing the problem of social isolation reduces the risk of mortality associated with obesity, a new study has found.
This year, bowel cancer deaths among young people—Millennials and Gen Xers aged 25-49—are predicted to rise in some European countries for the first time, according to their report. This story ...
Obesity has been observed throughout human history. Many early depictions of the human form in art and sculpture appear obese. [2] However, it was not until the 20th century that obesity became common — so much so that, in 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) formally recognized obesity as a global epidemic [3] and estimated that the worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly tripled ...
Researchers predict that by 2030, 5.5 million women could be dying from cancer every year. According to the American Cancer Society, that would be an almost 60 percent rise in deaths over just two ...
Of the additional 1.9 billion people projected between 2020 and 2050, 1.2 billion will be added in Africa, 0.7 billion in Asia and zero in the rest of the world. Africa's share of global population is projected to grow from 17% in 2020 to 25% in 2050 and 38% by 2100, while the share of Asia will fall from 60% in 2020 to 55% in 2050 and 45% in 2100.