DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjmcr.2025.v13i03.018

Pages: 407-415

Obesity is a medical condition described as excess body weight in the form of fat. When accumulated, this fat can lead to severe health impairments. The prevalence of obesity across the world continues to rise and this is now recognised as one of the most important public health problems facing the world today. Obesity is escalating at an alarming rate worldwide, affecting children and adults in both developed and developing countries. The worldwide prevalence of obesity has more than tripled between 1975 and 2022. Obesity is preventable. Most of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight. Obesity is becoming a severe public health problem; its epidemiology is increasing rapidly. The exposure factors vary across different geopolitics. Primarily, living in obesogenic environments such as sedentary life style, urbanization, and rural to urban migration, consuming energy dense foods, and physical inactivity were determinants.