World Obesity Federation

Obesity in children and young people: a crisis in public health

Ten per cent of the world's school-aged children are estimated to be carrying excess body fat (Fig. 1), with an increased risk for developing chronic disease. Of these overweigh...

Obesity

The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report

Worldwide trends in childhood overweight and obesity

There is a growing global childhood obesity epidemic, with a large variation in secular trends across countries. Effective programs and policies are needed at global, regional a...

Policies to prevent childhood obesity in the European Union

The increasing prevalence of childhood obesity needs to be addressed. Without clear evidence to show which preventive interventions are most likely to work, a series of precauti...