{"id":8092,"date":"2026-03-04T09:15:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/03\/04\/obesity-rise-half-global-population-2035\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:15:18","slug":"obesity-rise-half-global-population-2035","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/03\/04\/obesity-rise-half-global-population-2035\/","title":{"rendered":"Obesity Rates to Affect Nearly Half of Global Population by 2035, New Reports Warn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New reports indicate that by 2035, approximately four billion people, nearly half of the world&#8217;s population, will be overweight or obese. This projection has raised concerns about the health consequences and the strain on healthcare systems across different countries.<\/p>\n<p>Findings show that this trend is not limited to adults. Obesity among children is also rising dramatically, with rates among school-aged children nearly five times higher than in 1975.<\/p>\n<p>Health experts attribute the rise in overweight and obesity to factors such as the expansion of sedentary lifestyles, changes in dietary habits, and widespread access to high-calorie foods. Obesity increases the risk of chronic diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, and certain types of cancer.<\/p>\n<p>March 4th is observed annually as &#8220;World Obesity Day.&#8221; Since 2020, this day has been marked globally to raise awareness about the impacts of obesity and to promote prevention and treatment strategies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By 2035, nearly half the global population may be overweight or obese, raising health concerns and pressure on healthcare systems worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-important-news","category-secondary-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}