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Obesity is projected to affect 51% of the global population by 2035, with nearly half of U.S. adults expected to be obese by 2030.
Highlights the dramatic projected global and U.S. increase in obesity and its implications for chronic diseases such as hypertension.
In recent decades, the incidence of obesity has increased dramatically across the globe, especially among youth that portend chronic disease processes such as diabetes and hypertension.The global expansion has been in response to easy access to inexpensive, high-caloric, processed food and improved technologies that contribute to a sedentary lifestyle.In this context, the World Obesity Federation's 2023 report predicts that 51% of the world, or more than 4 billion people, will be obese or overweight by 2035.Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate nearly half of U.S. adults will be obese, including nearly 1 in 4 who will have severe obesity by 2030.The burden of obesity is born disproportionately by certain population groups with racial, ethnic, or mental illness influences.
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Jia et al. (2023) conducted a review in Obesity and Hypertension. Obesity was evaluated. Obesity is projected to affect 51% of the global population by 2035, with nearly half of U.S. adults expected to be obese by 2030.
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