World Obesity Day is an international event that aims to raise awareness of obesity and its health risks.

Official Date: March 4

This day sheds light on the causes and consequences of obesity in individuals and the way it can affect their physical and mental health negatively.  

Key Focus Areas

• Encourage healthy lifestyles as a method of prevention.
• Emphasize the importance of creating a balance between consuming and expending calories.
• Encourage people to follow healthy habits and exercise regularly.
• Take action by organizing initiatives, activities, and events to shift people’s perspectives and alter their misconceptions about obesity.
• Clarify obesity’s health risks and methods of prevention.
• Promote practical solutions to limit the problem of obesity globally.
• Encourage individuals, families, and social entities to create healthy environments.
• Stress the role society and families play in the prevention of obesity.
• Draw attention to the escalating global rates of childhood obesity and advocate for measures to address this issue.

Top Facts

• 9 billion people will suffer from obesity by 2035.
• 1 in 4 people will live with obesity by 2035.
• Childhood obesity will witness a 100% increase between 2020 and 2023.
• Obesity is the leading cause of many chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, and different types of cancer.
• Obesity is considered the leading cause of 4 million deaths every year.