8 billion reasons! |06 March 2026

8 billion reasons!

There are eight billion people on this planet and there could not have been a more fitting theme for this year’s World Obesity Day – ‘8 billion reasons to act on obesity’. Every single person should have one reason or another to act on obesity. Even though it does not affect you directly, you know a loved one, a family member, a friend or colleague who needs help and support. You can play a key role in transforming the narrative.

With nearly three billion adults, including over four hundred million school-aged children, already living with overweight or obesity, the projection is that by 2035 four billion people will be living with the condition. There is therefore no better time to act than now.

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