Youth health issues

 Healthy Wellbeing -  The world faces an unprecedented youth health crisis, with projections showing half a billion adolescents will be obese by 2030 and another billion suffering from preventable conditions like HIV/AIDS, mental health issues, and malnutrition.

• By 2030, obesity and overweight are projected to affect 500 million young people globally, with rates rising fastest in recent generations
• Adolescent mortality has fallen 25% in two decades, but a billion youth still face preventable health risks including HIV/AIDS, depression, and malnutrition
• Mental disorders and suicide could cause a loss of 42 million healthy life years among youth by 2030
• Despite comprising 25% of the global population, adolescents receive only 2.4% of global health development assistance

Obesity rates among children and adolescents have more than quadrupled since 1990, with 160 million young people now living with obesity worldwide. These alarming figures are projected to worsen dramatically, with the prevalence of obesity among young people expected to rise by 121% by 2050. By that time, approximately 360 million children and adolescents are predicted to have obesity, creating a public health emergency that spans continents and threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems globally.