There is little chance that the global anti-obesity targets will be met by 2025. This is stated in a study published in the medical journal Lancet.

Over the past 40 years (1975 to 2014), the number of overweight adults has grown from 105 million to 641 million, according to the BBC.. The share of obese men has tripled during this time, and the proportion of women has doubled..

According to the findings of the researchers, the number of obese people in the world has exceeded the number of people on the planet who are underweight..

If current trend continues, 18% of men and 21% of women will be obese by 2025.

Doctors characterize obesity as a condition in which a person's body mass index (BMI, the ratio of body weight to the square of height) exceeds 30.

The largest number of obese people is in China, with 43.2 million men and 46.4 million women suffering from obesity.. This means that 16.3% of overweight men are residents of China, Chinese women make up 12.4% of the female population of the planet, suffering from obesity.. In second place in the number of people with overweight - the United States.

Scientists believe that medical aids and bicycle paths on the streets cannot cope with the problem. In particular, the authors of the study suggest that the authorities take more vigorously to regulate the prices of foods that provoke obesity, and in return make so-called healthy foods more affordable..

UK government plans to introduce a sugar tax to make carbonated soft drinks more difficult to obtain is a step in the right direction, report authors. One in five children in Britain is obese. At the same time, children are the main consumers of beverages with a high sugar content..

Opponents of such measures argue that the state should not dictate to people what they eat, and that the introduction of new taxes does not solve such problems..

Last year, WHO presented a report that said that by 2030 in the UK, about 75% of men and more than 60% of women will be obese..

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