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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 Overweight and Obesity Fourteen Million Australians are Overweight and more than five million Australians are obese If weight gain continues at current levels, by 2025, close to 80% of all Australian adults and a third of all children will be overweight or obese Obesity has overtaken smoking as the leading cause of premature death and illness in Australia Obesity has become the single biggest threat to public health in Australia. Overweight and Obesty in Australia Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Overweight and obesity Australians Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are 1.9 times as likely as non-indigenous Australians to be obese. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have the fourth highest rate of Type 2 diabetes (non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, or NIDDM) in the world and are 1.9 times as likely as non-indigenous Australians to be obese. Overweight and Obesity Worldwide Worldwide, at least 2.8 million people die each year as a result of being overweight or obese, and an estimated 35.8 million (2.3%) of global DALYs are caused by overweight or obesity. Worldwide obesity has nearly doubled since 1980.In 2008, more than 1.4 billion adults, 20 and older, were overweight. Of these over 200 million men and nearly 300 million women were obese. 35% of adults aged 20 and over were overweight in 2008, and 11% were obese.65% of the world’s population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight.Overweight and obesity are the fifth leading risk for global deaths. At least 2.8 million adults die each year as a result of being overweight or obese.
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