How Covid-19 Has Turned the Spotlight Back on Obesity: QuickTake

How Covid-19 Has Turned the Spotlight Back on Obesity: QuickTake

The coronavirus highlighted the risks created by another escalating health emergency: obesity. The prevalence of obesity has almost tripled in the past four decades and is still rising. Obese people have a higher risk of suffering complications or dying from Covid-19, while also being vulnerable to diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer. The United Nations warned in 2020 that obesity is a "global pandemic in its own right.“ Tougher rules have forced more disclosure on food labels. Now money