Obesity ....30% world's population

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The global obesity epidemic continues, and a new report shows that about two billion people worldwide are overweight or obese. That's about 30% of the world's population.

 The new study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that about a third of the global population—including adults and children—exceed a healthy weight. About 10% of people in the world are obese, according to the findings. Studies have linked overweight and obesity to a higher risk for health complications like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, depression, respiratory problems, major cancers and more.

 The study authors looked at data from people in 195 countries and territories from 1980 through 2015. They found that in 2015, there were 107 million children and 603 million adults with obesity. Having a high body mass index accounted for 4 million deaths in 2015, and more than two thirds of these deaths were from heart disease.

 Since 1980, obesity rates in 70 countries have doubled, the study found, and the rate of childhood obesity has increased faster in many countries than the adult obesity rate.

 As TIME recently reported, several factors have contributed to the growing obesity epidemic, including greater access to fast food, larger portion sizes and ubiquitous processed food. Emerging science also suggests that chemicals from food and household products may have an effect.
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عالمی موٹاپا کی وبا جاری ہے ، اور ایک نئی رپورٹ میں بتایا گیا ہے کہ دنیا بھر میں تقریبا دو ارب افراد زیادہ وزن یا موٹے ہیں۔ یہ دنیا کی 30٪ آبادی ہے۔



نیو انگلینڈ جرنل آف میڈیسن میں شائع ہونے والی اس نئی تحقیق میں بتایا گیا ہے کہ بالغوں اور بچوں سمیت عالمی آبادی کا ایک تہائی حصہ صحتمند وزن سے زیادہ ہے۔ نتائج کے مطابق ، دنیا میں 10٪ لوگ موٹے ہیں۔ مطالعات نے زیادہ وزن اور موٹاپا کو صحت کی پیچیدگیوں جیسے ٹائپ 2 ذیابیطس ، دل کی بیماری ، افسردگی ، سانس کی دشواریوں ، بڑے کینسروں اور اس سے زیادہ کے لئے ایک اعلی خطرہ سے جوڑ دیا ہے۔



مطالعے کے مصنفین نے 1980 سے لے کر سن 2015 تک 195 ممالک اور علاقوں کے لوگوں کے اعداد و شمار کو دیکھا۔ انھوں نے پایا کہ 2015 میں ، 107 ملین بچے اور 603 ملین بالغ موٹاپا تھے۔ 2015 میں اعلی باڈی ماس انڈیکس کی تعداد 40 لاکھ اموات تھی ، اور ان اموات میں دو تہائی سے زیادہ امراض قلب کا مرض تھا۔



1980 کے بعد سے ، 70 ممالک میں موٹاپا کی شرح دوگنی ہوچکی ہے ، اس تحقیق میں پتا چلا ہے ، اور بالغ موٹاپا کی شرح کے مقابلے میں بہت سے ممالک میں بچپن کے موٹاپے کی شرح میں تیزی سے اضافہ ہوا ہے۔



جیسا کہ TIME نے حال ہی میں اطلاع دی ہے ، متعدد عوامل نے بڑھتے ہوئے موٹاپا کی وبا میں حصہ لیا ہے ، جس میں فاسٹ فوڈ تک زیادہ سے زیادہ رسائی ، بڑے حصے کے سائز اور ہر جگہ پروسیسڈ فوڈ شامل ہیں۔ ابھرتی ہوئی سائنس یہ بھی تجویز کرتی ہے کہ کھانے پینے اور گھریلو مصنوعات سے آنے والے کیمیکل کا اثر ہوسکتا ہے۔

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