WHOOctober 3, 2017weightWHO39% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight in 2014, and 13% were obese.Share ThisTweetShareShareEmailRelated Posts WHOIn 2014, more than 1.9 billion adults aged 18 years and older were overweight. Of… WHOObesity is preventable. Some recent WHO global estimates follow. WHO41 million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese in 2014.