The world's high obesity rate concerns the OMS.

 According to new global estimates, more than a billion people will be obese by 2030, more than double what they were in 2010.

No country is on track to meet the World Health Organization's (WHO) goal of eradicating obesity by 2025, with one in every five women and one in every seven men expected to achieve this goal by 2030.

Obesity has increased the most rapidly in low- and middle-income countries. In the next eight years, the number of obese people in low-income countries is expected to quadruple compared to 2010.

The new figures come from the Fédération mondiale de l'obésité's fourth global obesity Atlas, which was released on Friday. Johanna Ralston, the organization's general director, stated that political and health-care leaders must recognize the gravity of the situation and take action.

« Our report's numbers are startling, but what's even more startling is how inadequate our response was at the time. Everyone has a fundamental right to preventive care, treatment, and access to the appropriate level of care. The time has come to act in a concerted, decisive, and targeted manner on individuals to reverse the obesity trend, she stated.

The highest rates of obesity can be found in North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean. In the United States, nearly half of the population (47 percent) will be obese by 2030.

However, while obesity rates in the region are expected to rise by 50% between 2010 and 2030, the figures in Africa are expected to triple, with more women affected than males.

According to the OMS, 74 million African women will be obese by 2030, compared to 26 million in 2010, and 27 million African men would be obese by 2030, compared to 8 million in 2010.

According to the report, by 2030, half of all women in Africa will be obese, and nearly a quarter of all men in Algeria will be obese (30 percent ).

Surpoids are responsible for nearly a quarter (22%) of all preventable deaths in Africa due to non-transmissible diseases. The region continues to struggle with high rates of malnutrition.

Last month, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warned that some 13 million people in Africa's Corne wake up every day hungry, despite the fact that the region is suffering from severe drought.

The World Obesity Atlas also categorizes countries based on their obesity readiness, including health-care systems.

The countries with the highest income levels are the best prepared, while the countries with the lowest income levels are the least prepared, adding to concerns about the impact of obesity on already vulnerable populations.

More than 150 health professionals and advocates have written to health ministers, requesting an international plan of action to combat obesity.