Rates of obesity and overweight are spiralling due to a "monumental societal failure" to tackle the problem, with more than half of adults and almost a third of children and young people set to be affected by 2050,

More than half of adults and a third of children and teens worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, a comprehensive global analysis has concluded.

Obesity levels worldwide are growing relentlessly. Spain is one of the most affected countries: by 2050, children under 14 years old will rank fourth globally, and almost half will be overweight. Our lifestyle conditions what we will become in a few decades: six out of ten adults and one-third of children and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2050.

Researchers say that over half of population will be obese by 2050 and will have severe consequences unless immediate action is taken.

NEARLY 50million Brits will be fat by 2050 — costing the NHS an estimated £10billion a year — as global obesity rates soar to record levels, studies show. Experts predict that without urgent

More than three in four adults in the UK will be obese or overweight by 2050, a Lancet study has revealed. Experts predict the proportion of obese children and adults in the UK will rise substantially over the next 25 years – and the increase will be fastest among the country’s youngest.

Obesity prevalence increased among both adults and children across all regions of the world from 1990 to 2021, and more than half of adults are expected to have obesity by 2050, according to two reports published in The Lancet.

A major international study has found children and adolescents in Australia have experienced some of the fastest transitions to obesity in the world.

The largest number of adults predicted to be overweight and obese by 2025 are expected to be in China (627m), India (450m) and the USA (214m) in 2050, the number in sub-Saharan Africa is forecast to rise by over 250% to 522m. The overall rise will be driven by population increase.

The data for the UK has been analysed by the PA news agency. It shows that for children aged five to 14, obesity will rise from 12.0% of girls in 2021 to 18.4% in 2050, and from 9.9% to 15.5% in boys over the same period.