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  2. Obesity in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Among reception-aged children, those aged four and five, the rates of obesity rose from 9.9% in 2019–20 to 14.4% in 2020–21. By the time they are aged 10 or 11, more than a quarter are obese. In just 12 months, the rate is up from 21% in 2019–20 to 25.5% in 2020–21. [2]

  3. Health in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Diabetes is a major concern in the UK as the number of diagnoses have doubled in the past 15 years. In 2021 there were 4.1 million people in the UK diagnosed with diabetes, 90% of them having type 2. There were a further 1 million people with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes and 13.6 million people were at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, half of ...

  4. Epidemiology of obesity - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. The 10 most overweight countries in Europe. How does the UK ...

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    According to WHO data, Britain has the third-highest level of obesity among European nations. Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Business. Entertainment. Fitness. Food. Games. Health ...

  6. Diet and obesity - Wikipedia

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    USDA chart showing the increase in soda consumption and the decrease in milk consumption from 1947 to 2001 [6]. From 1971 to 2000, the average daily number of calories which women consumed in the United States increased by 335 calories per day (1542 calories in 1971 and 1877 calories in 2000).

  7. Epidemiology of childhood obesity - Wikipedia

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    Prevalence of childhood obesity has increased worldwide. The world health organization (WHO) estimated that 39 million children younger than 5 years of age were overweight or had obesity in 2020, and that 340 million children between 5 and 19 were overweight or had obesity in 2016. [1]

  8. Obesity - Wikipedia

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    In 2022, over 1 billion people lived with obesity worldwide (879 million adults and 159 million children), representing more than a double of adult cases (and four times higher than cases among children) registered in 1990. [7] [19] Obesity is more common in women than in men. [1] Today, obesity is stigmatized in most of the world. Conversely ...

  9. US obesity rates drop for 1st time in a decade, with possible ...

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    For the first time in over a decade, obesity rates in the United States may finally be heading in the right direction and new weight loss drugs like semaglutide could be part of the reason why. A ...