1/5 of the world's population will be obese by 2025

(Baonghean.vn) -A new studyThisin The Lancetindicate thatIfmaintain the current rate of increase in obesity rates worldwide, 18%manand 21% of women will be affectedoverweightby 2025.

Fast food is becoming more popular around the world. With its high content of red meat, sugar and fat, it is one of the causes of obesity.

The study results were based on an analysis of human body mass from 1975 to 2015 in 200 countries. Accordingly, over the past 4 decades, the number of people with obesity worldwide has increased more than 3 times in men and 2 times in women.

Specifically, in 1975, only 2.6% of the world's population was obese, but in 2014, that number had increased to 8.9%.

High-income countries such as Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK and the US have the highest obesity rates in the world, with more than 25% of the population. The Middle East and North Africa are second with more than 26 million obese people, or 13.9% of the population.

Burundi and Timor-Leste have the lowest male obesity rates in the world, at less than 1%. Meanwhile, women in Timor-Leste, Japan, Vietnam, North Korea, Cambodia, Laos and Bangladesh all have obesity rates below 5%. In contrast, rates in some Caribbean and Middle Eastern countries are as high as 40-50%.

In 1975, China ranked 60th and 41st in the world for obesity among men and women, but by 2014, it had risen to second place for both sexes.

The United States, a country famous for its fast food, has recorded obesity rates of 25% and 20% for men and women, respectively. By 2025, a study by The Lancet journal estimates that 43% of women and 45% of men in the United States will be obese.

Thanh Hien

(According to CNN)