More than half of all adults and a third of children, teenagers and young adults around the world are predicted to be overweight or obese by 2050. The findings come in a new study of global data ...

The unprecedented global epidemic of overweight and obesity is a profound tragedy and a monumental societal failure,” said ...

Lancet study uses data from 204 countries to paint a grim picture of what it called an ‘unprecedented global epidemic’.

Three countries - India, preceded by China and followed by the USA - constitute the largest overweight or obese population in the world.

India may have over 440 million obese individuals, ranking second globally after China. A study predicts nearly 60% of adults ...

A third of all obese young people will be living in two regions – North Africa and the Middle East, and Latin America and the Caribbean – by 2050, the researchers warned. But it is not too ...

A third of all obese young people will be living in two regions -- North Africa and the Middle East, and Latin America and the Caribbean -- by 2050, the researchers warned. But it is not too late to ...

A major new study forecasts that Parkinson’s disease will affect over 25 million people globally by 2050 ... of PD in European countries and the United States; however, few have predicted ...

Number of overweight and obese adults by mid-century in India (218 million men and 231 million women) could be the second ...

(Representational photo)(Pixabay) The figure is preceded by China, which is projected to have 627 million overweight or obese people by 2050 and is followed by the United States of America ...