The Rising Epidemic, an Overview

Obesity reflects significant changes in the society and altering behavioral patterns of communities. Economic growth, modernization, urbanization and globalization are the forces which lie beneath the growing epidemic but societal changes and nutritional transition have triggered it. Childhood obesity is an alarming factor which requires immediate attention. Obesity in youth aged 12-17 has increased from 5 to 13% in boys and 5 % to 9% in girls.

Global Obesity Levels