Over 640 mn people in the world are obese: Study
As per a study published in The Lancet medical journal, over 640 million people in the world are obese. The number of people whose body mass index (BMI) is over 30 (obese) has increased to 641 million in 2014 from 105 million in 1975. Notably, over one in ten men and one in seven women are obese. 