Obesity has long been classified as a global epidemic — and new data published in The Lancet journal spotlights how much ...

Overweight and obesity rates in adults ... with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of ...

By 2050, over half of the adults and one third of the youth may be obese. Experts have called for urgent action to prevent ...

Obesity levels worldwide are growing relentlessly ... from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the ...

Obesity is at epidemic proportions in the United States where more than 40% of adults are obese and more than 70% are ...

A higher BMI is consistently associated with longer operative times and increased complications across a wide range of ...

For Emmanuela Gakidou, lead author of the study and professor at the University of Washington, "this unprecedented pandemic of overweight and obesity represents a monumental failure of our societies." ...

Obesity has long been classified as a global ... Gakidou from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington, in the release. "Governments and the public health ...

Overweight and obesity rates in adults ... with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle. Among high-income countries, America had the highest ...