World Health Organization
Noncommunicable diseases: Progress monitor 2025
Publication
05 Jun 2025
Prevalence of Obesity: A Public Health Problem Poorly Understood
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
28 Dec 2018
This review article discusses the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) in support of a total diet approach to achieving diet and health goals, especially as they relate to the obesity epidemic. However, some scientists and organizations have identified one food, food group, or nutrient as the cause of the obesity epidemic and recommend that simply reducing that food/food group/nutrient will solve the problem. This is simplistic and unlikely to be effective in long term management of the obesity problem.
