World Obesity Atlas 2026 Childhood Obesity 2nd edition

Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents 

• New global, regional and national estimates of the numbers of children living with overweight and obesity now and projected to 2040 
• New estimates of the numbers of children with early signs of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and liver disease due to overweight and obesity 
• National performance on seven indicators for children’s exposure to obesity risk factors 
• National performance on seven policies to protect children from obesity 
• Plus 196 national scorecards for individual country-level figures for childhood obesity, early signs of chronic disease, extent of the preventable risks, and policy actions