One in eight people in the world is obese, according to a new study. Obesity figures in adults have doubled since 1990.
In the case of children, the work draws an even more worrying picture. The study estimates that in 2022 there will be 880 million adults (504 million women and 374 million men) and 160 million children and adolescents living with obesity in the World. The countries with the highest prevalence of obesity were Tonga and Samoa in the cases of women and Samoa and Nauru in theCase of men.