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Dr. Tim Lobstein
Policy Director
World Obesity Federation
Science + Research Clinical Care Policy + Prevention
Trends in childhood
obesity
Global Trends in Child Obesity, 1972-2012
Source: World Obesity Federation, 2014.
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2000 2010 2025
Child obesity in Europe: EU 28 Children aged 5.0 - 17.9y
overweight non-obese obese
By 2025, estimated 16.3 million children overweight, including 4.8 million children obese
Impaired glucose tolerance: 410,000 – 680,000
High blood pressure: 1,060,000 – 1,460,000
Hepatic steatosis: 1,350,000 – 2,000,000
Global Burden of Disease study, Lancet, 2014 World Obesity Federation, Pediatric Obesity, 2016
Continuing upward trends for child obesity in Europe
By 2025, estimated
255m overweight adults, including
110m obese, of which
24m severely obese (BMI >35)
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2010 2014 2025
Adult obesity in Europe: EU 28
Overweight Obese Severely obese
Global Burden of Disease study, Lancet, 2014 World Obesity Federation, 2015
Upward trends for adult obesity in Europe
Wide variation between Member States
HBSC, WHO 2007, 2016
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Malta
Greece
Italy
Slovenia
Croatia
Spain
Finland
Germany
Hungary
Sweden
Czech Rep
Estonia
Poland
Ireland
Portugal
Austria
Belgium
Latvia
France
Lithuania
Netherlands
Denmark2013-14 boys
2001-2 boys
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Malta
Greece
Finland
Portugal
Ireland
Spain
Sweden
Slovenia
Hungary
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Czech Rep
France
Denmark
Austria
Italy
Estonia
Latvia
Croatia
Lithuania
Polandgirls 2013-14
girls 2001-2
Developing a
checklist to guide
policy…
Which policies increase or decrease social gradients?
Underlying risk/exposure
Reach of intervention
Form of intervention
Take-up of intervention
Resilience of response
Challenges to intervention
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Health Equity Pilot Project • Launched 2016 • Includes reviews of ‘equity impact’ of obesity interventions
Dr. Tim Lobstein
Policy Director
World Obesity Federation
tlobstein@worldobesity.org
Thank you!