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Washington: India has the second highest number of obese children in the world after China, according to an alarming study which found that 14.4 million kids in the country have excess weight. China with 15.3 million and India with 14.4 million had the highest numbers of obese children; the US with 79.4 million and China with 57.3 million had the highest numbers of obese adults in 2015. This includes nearly 108 million children and more than 600 million adults with BMI exceeding 30, the threshold for obesity, according to the study. Globally, over 2 billion children and adults suffer from health problems related to being overweight or obese, and an increasing percentage of people die from these health conditions, researchers said. In 2015, excess weight affected 2.2 billion children and adults worldwide, or 30% of all people.

India has second highest number of obese children in the world: Study- The New Indian Express

WASHINGTON: India has the second highest number of obese children in the world after China, according to an alarming study which found that 14.4 million kids in the country have excess weight. China with 15.3 million and India with 14.4 million had the highest numbers of obese children; the US with 79.4 million and China with 57.3 million had the highest numbers of obese adults in 2015. This includes nearly 108 million children and more than 600 million adults with BMI exceeding 30, the threshold for obesity, according to the study. In 2015, excess weight affected 2.2 billion children and adults worldwide, or 30 per cent of all people. Globally, over two billion children and adults suffer from health problems related to being overweight or obese, and an increasing percentage of people die from these health conditions, researchers said.


with 14.4 million had the second highest number of obese children in 2015, after China with 15.3 million, a study has found. The study showed that in 2015, excess weight affected 2.2 billion children and adults worldwide, or 30 per cent of all people. "People who shrug off weight gain do so at their own risk -- risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and other life-threatening conditions," explained Christopher Murray from the University of Washington. Of the 4.0 million deaths attributed to in 2015, nearly 40 per cent occurred among people whose body mass index (BMI) fell below the threshold considered "obese," the researchers noted. The findings, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, represent "a growing and disturbing global public crisis," the researchers said.


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