Number of overweight kids likely
to be 268 million globally by 2025: Study
In an indication that no policy interventions have proven
very effective at changing current obesity trends,
researchers have estimated that globally some 268 million children aged five to
17 years may be overweight by 2025. On the assumptions of continued population
growth given by the World Bank, the study projected a rise from some 219
million children in this age group in 2010 to 268 million children in 2025.
Obesity alone rises from 76 million children in 2010 to 91 million by 2025, the
study, published in the journal Pediatric Obesity, said. “These forecasts
should sound an alarm bell for health service managers and health
professionals, who will have to deal with this rising tide of ill health
following the obesity epidemic,” said study co-author Tim Lobstein from World
Obesity Federation, London. For the study, the researchers used sing data
prepared by the Global Burden of Disease collaborative for 2000 and 2013. Timed
to coincide with this year’s World Obesity Day, which is observed on October
11, the investigators also released data anticipating that obesity-related
conditions will rise among children.
In 2025, up to 12 million children will have impaired
glucose tolerance, four million will have Type-2
diabetes, 27 million will have hypertension,
and 38 million will have hepatic steatosis, or buildup of fat in the liver, the
researchers estimated. In a sense, we hope these forecasts are wrong: they
assume current trends continue, but we are urging governments to take strong
measures to reduce childhood
obesity and meet their agreed target of getting the levels of
childhood obesity down to 2010 levels before we get to 2025,” Lobstein said.
Member states of the World Health Organisation (WHO) have adopted resolutions
aiming to achieve “no increase on obesity levels” by 2025 (based on 2010
levels) for infants, adolescents and adults. But the researchers concluded that
the 2025 targets are unlikely to be met, and health service providers will need
to plan for a significant increase in obesity-linked comorbidities.
Source: www.thehealthsite.com
13.10.2016
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