Commitment
By 2026, WHO will improve monitoring and evaluation of country actions on obesity prevention and management.
Description
The action plans for this goal will be determined by WHO with partners and countries through consultations following the summit.
Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)
Title
Accelerated actions to tackle obesity
Description
The World Health Organization commits over the next five years to accelerate actions to fight the obesity epidemic, with a focus on children and adolescents, through closing existing normative guidance gaps and supporting countries to strengthen capacities and increase access to Obesity Prevention and Management Services through primary health care and achieve the global obesity targets by 2030.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Unverified
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| SMARTness index |
Upper moderate
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Details
| Global nutrition target(s) |
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Enabling >
Leadership and governance
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Number of countries to endorse and adopt the obesity process and outcome targets |
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| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 0 countries | 2021 |
| Target | 10 countries |
