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Obesity and COVID-19: Policy statement

Obesity and COVID-19 Statement from our policy team - Updated August 2020.

Globally, 80m adolescents are living with obesity, and without a substantial intervention the figure is due to rise to 150m by 2030. But what interventions work?

Written by World Obesity’s Tim Lobstein and Margot Neveux.

Tackling obesogenic environments would be effective and widely supported

A new review shows policies to tackle obesogenic environments are equitable, acceptable and cheap to implement.

Childhood obesity and human capital

New research is evaluating the cost of childhood obesity to social and economic welfare.

The ROOTS of Obesity

On World Obesity Day 2020, we established the ROOTS of obesity framework exploring the many causes of obesity.