{"id":1190,"date":"2025-04-12T10:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T09:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingdiabetes.com\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2025-11-29T11:24:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T11:24:55","slug":"how-obesity-is-becoming-a-bigger-problem-for-young-adults-what-might-happen-by-2050","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingdiabetes.com\/ur\/how-obesity-is-becoming-a-bigger-problem-for-young-adults-what-might-happen-by-2050\/","title":{"rendered":"How Obesity Is Becoming a Bigger Problem for Young Adults \u2014 What Might Happen by 2050"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Obesity <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">isn\u2019t<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> just about weight. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It\u2019s<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> driving serious health issues for millions of young adults \u2014 and <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">it\u2019s<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> getting worse. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">major<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> study <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">looked at<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> global data from 1990 to 2019 and made predictions through 2050<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. 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