Without change, half of Australian kids and adolescents will be overweight or obese by 2050

By Jessica Kerr, Research Fellow, Adolescent Population Health and Obesity Epidemiology, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Peter Azzopardi, Professor, Global Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Susan M. Sawyer, Professor of Adolescent Health The University of Melbourne; Director, Royal Children's Hospital Centre for Adolescent Health, The University of Melbourne

Since the 1990s, the proportion of the world’s population who are overweight (with a body mass index of 25–30) or obese (with a body mass index of 30 or above) has doubled.

If current patterns continue, we estimate that by 2050, 30% of the world’s children and adolescents (aged five to 24 years) will be overweight or obese, according to our new research in The Lancet.

By 2050, we forecast that 2.2 million Australian children and adolescents will be living with…

Read complete article

~	Who is Sean Baker, the indie filmmaker behind Oscar sweeper Anora?

~	NZ hopes to store carbon in marine ecosystems – but some are so degraded they’re already a source of emissions

~	Spotify Wrapped success story unpacked: What are the takeaways?

~	Another US funding cut threatens human rights in North Korea - and hands more power to a dictator

~	NSW has finally struck a school funding deal. What does this mean for schools and students?

~	Retailers will soon need a licence to sell cigarettes. But more is needed to control the illegal trade

~	Billionaire entrepreneurs can make for bold businesses but often with fewer checks and balances

~	The US and UK have decimated their aid spending. Australia has a unique opportunity to help fill the vacuum

~	Sick of pie charts for your uni, school or work projects? Here are 5 other options

~	How to sustain international order in an ‘America First’ world