Obesity can affect how we breathe 🫁 Extra fat around the chest wall can reduce lung capacity, leading to shallower, faster breaths that may cause breathlessness.
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Fat stored within muscle isn’t harmless 💪 It’s linked to reduced muscle strength, insulin resistance and a higher risk of disability and death. Learn more with SCOPE: https://ow.ly/tkEZ50ZWRZ7
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🔦 SCOPE E-Learning free module spotlight: Weight Bias: A Hidden Harm. The module explores how weight stigma affects health, so you can deliver better, more respectful care. 🩺
Find out more: https://ow.ly/O5Lu50ZWRUI
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Young people teased about their weight are more likely to skip physical education, be less active and enjoy sport less 🏃 Creating stigma-free environments helps everyone be active 💪 Learn more with SCOPE: https://ow.ly/RmOW50ZWRPz
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Weight stigma can push people away from physical activity 🏃 Adults who experience weight bias are more likely to avoid exercise, regardless of age, body dissatisfaction or self-esteem. Build your skills in stigma-free obesity care with SCOPE: https://ow.ly/34Zo50ZWRHK
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What we eat is not just a matter of individual choice. 🌍 It’s shaped by the food systems around us. Change those systems, and healthy diets can be within reach for everyone. 🥦 Find out more: https://ow.ly/QYnW50ZWTC3
#WorldFoodDay #FoodSystems #NutritionEquity

When healthy food is out of reach, people turn to cheaper, less nutritious options. 🛒 Ultra-processed foods are often the most affordable and most heavily marketed, raising the risk of obesity and other forms of malnutrition. 🌍 Find out more: https://ow.ly/WEGW50ZWTyI
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A healthy diet costs almost the same in Africa ($4.35) and Asia ($4.33) per person per day. 🍽️ Yet the share of people who can’t afford one is more than twice as high in Africa. The difference is income. 💡 Find out more: https://ow.ly/ksbP50ZWTyg
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66.6% of people in Africa cannot afford a healthy diet, compared with 28.9% in Asia and 25.7% in Latin America & the Caribbean. 📊 Access to healthy food remains deeply unequal (SOFI 2026). 🌍 Find out more: https://ow.ly/ik8350ZWTxF
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2.69 billion people worldwide cannot afford a healthy diet. 🌍 That’s nearly 1 in 3 people, according to the latest SOFI data. This World Food Day, we’re calling for food systems that nourish people, not profits. 🍎 Find out more: https://ow.ly/mWKJ50ZWTwW
#WorldFoodDay #FoodSystems #FoodAffordability

🌍 In case you missed it, WHO has published its first global guidelines on obesity in children and adolescents. They call for person-centred, family-engaged care focused on health and wellbeing, not just weight. 🩺 Find out more: https://ow.ly/q4e550ZWRCU
#ChildhoodObesity #WHOGuidelines #ObesityCare

⏳ Less than two weeks to go until the Global Obesity Forum. On 26 October, leaders, experts and people with lived experience come together in Madrid to discuss shared accountability for progress on obesity. 📺 Watch online for free: https://ow.ly/jep750ZWRrL
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🔬 Stay at the forefront of obesity research. Our journals, including Obesity Reviews, Clinical Obesity and Pediatric Obesity, publish the latest evidence from researchers around the world. 📖 Find out more: https://ow.ly/KEjo50ZWRoE
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Researcher, policymaker or public health professional? 📊 Our Global Obesity Observatory brings together obesity data for 200 countries and regions, with trends, rankings and ready-to-use graphics for your own country. 🌍 Find out more: https://ow.ly/ePpJ50ZWRm6
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📊 How does Spain compare? 🇪🇸 Ahead of the Global Obesity Forum in Madrid, our Global Obesity Observatory shows that 37.5% of boys and 34.4% of girls in Spain are living with overweight or obesity. Explore the data: https://ow.ly/CopV50ZWRfL
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Overeating may be associated with stress or sleep deprivation 😴 Understanding the factors behind eating behaviours helps health professionals deliver better, more compassionate care.🩺 Learn more with SCOPE: https://ow.ly/XP0A50ZWRef
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🔬 Obesity is a chronic, relapsing disease. Recognising it as a disease is key to making sure people can access the prevention, treatment and support they need. 🤝 Find out more: https://ow.ly/Z3St50ZWRbV
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📸 Images matter. Stigmatising photos of people living with obesity reinforce harmful stereotypes. Our free Image Bank offers respectful, non-stigmatising images for media, researchers and health organisations. 🌍 Find out more: https://ow.ly/GK7q50ZWR5M
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🎙️Keynotes, multistakeholder panels and a fireside conversation with people with lived experience of obesity. The Global Obesity Forum takes place alongside the Madrid Global Obesity Summit on 26 October.
➡️ Find out more: https://ow.ly/x7Pt50ZWQOq
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🌍 Can’t make it to Madrid? Watch the Global Obesity Forum live online, for free, on 26 October from 14:30 to 18:00 GMT, as leaders and people with lived experience discuss progress on obesity ahead of 2030 📺 Register: https://ow.ly/Pp2H50ZWQGC
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