The prevailing narrative about the causes and nature of obesity suggests that obesity is a matter of individual responsibility and mainly an issue in affluent countries. The reality, however, is that most of the world's population live in places where overweight and obesity kill more people than underweight. In 2016, more than a third of adults worldwide were classified as overweight or living with obesity, as were 41 million children younger than 5 years. Obesity affects people of all ages, all geographies, and all socioeconomic backgrounds. The misleading obesity narrative has inhibited coordinated action, partly because the language and images that describe the problem can distort it.

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是时候进行新的肥胖叙事了

关于肥胖症成因和性质的流行叙述表明，肥胖症是个人责任的问题，主要是在富裕国家中的问题。但是，现实情况是，世界上大多数人口居住在超重和肥胖导致的死亡人数多于体重不足的地方。2016年，全世界超过三分之一的成年人被归类为超重或肥胖症，还有4,100万5岁以下的儿童。肥胖会影响各个年龄段，所有地区以及所有社会经济背景的人。肥胖症的误导性叙述抑制了协调行动，部分原因是描述问题的语言和图像可能会使问题变形。