title: Obesity Statistics.
abstract: Obesity is a chronic disease that is strongly associated with an increase in mortality and morbidity including, certain types of cancer, cardiovascular disease, disability, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoarthritis, and stroke. In adults, overweight is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m(2) to 29 kg/m(2) and obesity as a BMI of greater than 30 kg/m(2). If current trends continue, it is estimated that, by the year 2030, 38% of the world's adult population will be overweight and another 20% obese. Significant global health strategies must reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with the obesity epidemic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, 200 Southwest 62nd Boulevard, Suite D, Gainesville, FL 32607, USA. Electronic address: kbreuhl@ufl.edu.
authors.forename: Kristy Breuhl
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Florida, 3450 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
authors.forename: Michael Seth
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality; D010003:Osteoarthritis; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Epidemiology of obesity; Obesity; Obesity epidemic; Obesity in adults; Obesity in children and adolescent