Obesity: Obvious Obstacle; Oblivious To Opportunity Authors Sanjay Kalra Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India; University Centre for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India, Madhur Verma Department of Community/Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, Nitin Kapoor Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India; Non communicable disease unit, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.25-51 Abstract Obesity has been known to human kind for thousands of years. Descriptions of obesity are visible in ancient art and sculpture, and can be read in texts and manuscripts of yesteryear.1 It is in recent decades, however, that thecondition has emerged as a pandemic. Figures from the World Obesity Federation suggest that nearly 3.3 billion adults across the globe will live with overweight and obesity by the year 2035, as compared to 2.2 billion in 2020. Apart from these, 770 million children andadolescents (aged 5 to 19 years) will live with overweightand obesity in 2035, an increase from 430 million in 2020.2This reflects an increase from 42% of adults in 2020 toover 54% by 2035, and from 22% to over 39% childrenand adolescents over the same time frame. Downloads Full Text Article Published 2025-06-01 How to Cite Sanjay Kalra, Madhur Verma, & Nitin Kapoor. (2025). Obesity: Obvious Obstacle; Oblivious To Opportunity. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 74(06), 868–869. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.25-51 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 74 No. 06 (2025): JUNE Section EDITORIAL License Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.