New Delhi: The problem of obesity has turned into an epidemic in recent times, as with every passing year around 47 lakh people in the world are dying due to chronic diseases arising out of obesity. The death rate due to obesity has surpassed the death rate of hunger, which is 3.1 million per year.
In today’s DNA, Zee News’ Rohit Ranjan analyzes how obesity has turned from a common health problem to an epidemic.
According to the World Obesity Federation, by the year 2023, about 200 million people in the world are suffering from obesity and in the next 12 years, about half of the world’s population i.e. 400 million people will be obese.
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The obesity epidemic has affected children as well as around 390 million children in the world are obese and this number will cross the 780 million mark in the next twelve years. One of the major reasons for obesity in children is junk food which has become an almost regular part of their diet.