Worldwide, obesity kills almost 3 million people each year.²

Obesity is now widely considered a chronic disease.¹

Explore this website to further understand the science behind obesity. Then visit your GP to discover science based treatment options.

What you need to know

• Obesity is now recognized worldwide as a chronic disease with severe health and quality of life consequences.^1-3

• Misinformation and misunderstandings of obesity’s scientific causes and treatments are widespread.³

• The stigma of obesity means people are wrongly blamed by society for their disease and discriminated against.^2,4

_References

_{1. Bray G, et al. Obesity: a chronic relapsing progressive disease process. A position statement of the World Obesity Federation, Obesity Rev 2017; 18(7); 715–23.}

_{2. Wolfenden L, et al.  The challenge for global health systems in preventing and managing obesity. Obesity Reviews. 2019;(S2):185–193.}

_{3. Caterson I, et al. Gaps to bridge: Misalignment between perception, reality and actions in obesity, Diabetes Obes Metab 2019; 21(8): 1914–24.} 

_{4. Oldham M, Robinson E. Visual body size norms and the under-detection of overweight and obesity. Obes Sci Pract 2017; 4(1): 29–40.}