World Obesity Day

World Obesity Day, an internationally recognized event, moved to March 4 in 2020 from its previous date on October 11.

It serves as an annual platform to raise awareness and advocate for practical solutions in addressing the global obesity crisis.

It is organized by the World Obesity Federation,[1] a non-profit body which is in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO)[2] and is a collaborating body on the Lancet Commission on Obesity.

[6] On World Obesity Day 2023, WHO presented five key trends related to overweight and obesity in primary school-aged children in the European Region.

These trends are based on data collected from the fifth round of the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI), conducted from 2018 to 2020, with participation from 33 countries and measurements taken from nearly 411,000 children.