Diabetic Living

MORE OBESE PEOPLE THAN UNDERWEIGH­T BY 2022

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The World Health Organizati­on has found obesity rates among children aged five to 19 have

risen tenfold in the past four decades, from 11 million in 1975 to 124 million in 2016. Following the largest ever epidemiolo­gical study, WHO warns if the trend continues, there will more children

and adolescent­s who are obese than those who are moderately to

severely underweigh­t, by 2022.

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