Nigeria, March 3 -- More than one billion people worldwide are now living with obesity, with rates among children increasing fourfold, a new report published by The Lancet has revealed.

According to the study, obesity among adults globally has more than doubled since 1990 and has quadrupled among children and adolescents between five to 19 years of age.

The Lancet analysis estimates that nearly 880 million adults and 159 million children lived with obesity in 2022.

While the study admitted a decrease in the rates of undernutrition, it noted that it is still a public health challenge in many places, particularly in South-East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

The new global study, conducted by more than 1,500 researchers from the Non-Commun...