The problem of being overweight or obese can be a serious health concern. It is also considered to be the cause of many types of chronic diseases. Researchers said that people who are overweight may have a higher risk of chronic diseases and life-threatening problems like diabetes, heart disease, and heart attack.

In a recent study, experts have expressed serious concern and said that the way the problem of obesity is increasing among people of all ages across the world has increased the risk of many serious health problems in the future. All people should keep taking measures to control their weight.

The report of a recent study regarding the increasing risks of obesity is quite worrying. According to an analysis published in The Lancet journal, the total number of obese children, adolescents, and adults worldwide has exceeded one billion (one billion). The number of obese people has increased significantly in most countries since the 1990s, with the prevalence of underweight decreasing, the researchers said. Along with children, elderly people are also being seen its victims. Being overweight can be problematic for everyone.

What did the study find?
In an analysis of this global data, the World Health Organization (WHO), along with other partners, has estimated that the obesity rate among children and adolescents around the world will increase four times in 2022, i.e. in three decades, compared to the year 1990. In the adult population, obesity rates more than doubled in women and nearly tripled in men.

According to the study, in the year 2022, 159 million (15.9 crore) children and adolescents and 879 million (87.9 crore) adults are obese.

Risk of malnutrition
According to the report, between 1990 and 2022, the proportion of children and adolescents affected by underweight worldwide has decreased by almost one-fifth among girls and more than one-third among boys. Over the same period, the proportion of adults affected by being underweight has also declined by more than half.

It is noteworthy that obesity and underweight, both are forms of malnutrition and can be harmful to people's health in many ways. The latest study alerts both the forms of malnutrition that have increased over the past 33 years and the potential risks it causes. Health experts say that the way the problem of being overweight has increased among people can also be considered an indicator of the epidemic of chronic diseases.

What do health experts say?
Majid Ezzati, a professor at Imperial College London in Britain and author of the study, says it is very worrying that the problem of obesity, which was seen mostly among adults in much of the world in the 1990s, is now also affecting school-going children and adolescents. She is making her prey. Billions of people are still affected by malnutrition, especially in some of the poorest parts of the world. Both forms of malnutrition can cause a variety of health risks.

The study found that from 1990 to 2022, global obesity rates will more than quadruple in girls and boys, with increases seen in almost all countries.

Risk of an epidemic of serious diseases
Health experts say that these days, the problem of being overweight is considered to be the main reason for most diseases due to which the risk of death and health complications are increasing the most across the world. The condition of obesity in children can be even more serious and has a direct impact on their quality of life.

Be it cases of heart disease and heart attack or the problem of increasing diabetes, obesity is a major factor at the core of all these. If it is not controlled, it can be an alert of the danger of an 'epidemic' of major diseases.
​(PC: iSTOCK)