Without change, half of Australian kids and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2050
- Written by Jessica Kerr, Research Fellow, Adolescent Population Health and Obesity Epidemiology, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
World Obesity FederationSince the 1990s, the proportion of the world’s population who are overweight (with a body mass index of 25–30) or obese (with a body mass index of 30 or above) has doubled.
If current patterns continue, we estimate that by 2050, 30% of the world’s children and adolescents (aged five to 24 years) will be...





