This month the World Health Organization reported findings from a recent Lancet study that revealed 1 in 8 people worldwide are living with obesity. The latest data reveals that in 2022, 2.5 billion adults were overweight, 890 million were living with obesity, a figure that’s more than doubled since 1990. Fond du Lac County Public Health Officer Kim Mueller says obesity leads to a higher risk of several diseases. “Even if you’re overweight for an extended period of time going into adulthood, any of that is going to put you at a higher risk for so many chronic diseases as you get older,” Mueller told WFDL news. Adolescent obesity has quadrupled since 1990, with 160 million 5 to 19 year olds considered obese.
