WHOOctober 3, 2017weightWHO41 million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese in 2014.Share ThisTweetShareShareEmailRelated Posts WHOOverall, about 13% of the world’s adult population (11% of men and 15% of women)… WHOObesity is preventable. Some recent WHO global estimates follow. WHOThe worldwide prevalence of obesity more than doubled between 1980 and 2014.