More than half the global population will be living with overweight and obesity within 12 years if prevention, treatment and support do not improve, says a global study conducted by the World Obesity Federation. The World Obesity Atlas 2023, published ahead of World Obesity Day, predicts that the global economic impact of overweight and obesity will reach $4.32 trillion annually by 2035 if preven
The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, according to a new UN report that provides fresh evidence that the world is moving in reverse, away from the Sustainable Development Goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms, by 2030, when the SDGs are supposed to be realized. That represents an increase of about 46 million sin