University Institute for Sport and Health (iMUDS)
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Professor in the Department of Physical Education and Sport at the Faculty of Sports Sciences, Director of the Joint University Institute for Sport and Health (iMUDS) at the University of Granada, and Coordinator of the CIBEROBN Group on Physical Activity and Obesity
A global analysis of data from more than 232 million people shows that the rise in obesity has slowed or stabilised in some high-income countries since the 1990s among children and adolescents, and, a decade later, among adults. In Spain, this stabilisation or even a slight decline is also observed. In most low- and middle-income regions, the prevalence of obesity continues to increase and, in some cases, has already surpassed that of more developed economies. The study, published in Nature, included 4,050 studies covering the period from 1980 to 2024 across 200 countries.