An international report predicts that by 2030, almost 464 million adolescents will be living with obesity or overweight, with 1 billion at risk of preventable health issues. Despite a decline in adolescent mortality, the report warns of daily threats from health conditions such as HIV/AIDS and poor nutrition. It reveals a significant decline in mental health among youth, who are now facing unprecedented threats from climate change. Positive trends exist in some areas, but challenges persist, particularly due to the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and chronic funding deficiencies.
Today's adolescents are the first cohort of humans who will live their entire life experiencing the growing reverberations of climate change, the authors noted.
By 2030, 464 million young people will be living with obesity or overweight, up 143 million from 2015, the report by the Lancet commission on adolescent health and wellbeing forecasts.
The burden of excess weight is already being disproportionately felt in high-income countries; Latin America and the Caribbean; and north Africa and the Middle East.
The report also found a significant decline in young people's mental health, and said the climate crisis posed significant new threats to their health.
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