Sciences - Obesity: a billion people affected worldwide. Decryption, on the occasion of International Obesity Day.
According to the WHO, since 1975, the number of cases of obesity has almost tripled worldwide. The situation worsens even more quickly in children. The number of people suffering from obesity has increased by more than 50 per cent since the early 1970s, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) More than 1 billion people are now affected by the chronic disease, the WHO says.