Health Facts from 1980 until today

Today 1 in 2 people will develop cancer in their life (US)
For the first time in history the new generation has a shorter life-expectancy than their parents.
Celiac disease increased by 400%.
Diabetes increased worldwide by 43% over the past 23 years while death rates from the disease have only increased 9%.
Diabetes has increased by 60% in the last 10 years in the UK. Roughly 90% of cases are type 2 diabetes, which is closely linked to diet and obesity.
Diabetes YLDs in Australia increased by 212% for women and by 198% for men in Australia between 1990 and 2013.
More than 63% of population in Australia are now obese or overweight – before 1980 the rate/figure was less than 10% and in 1970 there were only 2% of People Obese in the US.

A study predicted Australia was on track for almost 80% of its population to be overweight or obese by 2025.
It is currently at more than 63%.
Despite a reputation for sport and outdoor living, Australia has one of the fattest populations on the planet.
Its rate of obesity is the second-fastest growing in the world, and the fastest among women, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The figures from the World Obesity Federation show Australia now has 63 severely obese people per 1,000 adults, up from 55 in 2010.
Heart disease increased by 100%.
10 million deaths worldwide each year from coronary heart disease.
15 million people suffer a Stroke worldwide each year – 6 million die from it.
600 million people with Hypertension are at risk of heart attack, stroke and cardiac failure.
Approx 37% of world population has Hypertension.
If you are older than 60 years it is 1 in 2 people with Hypertension.
Autoimmune Disease skyrocketing ~ 24 million Americans suffer from it meaning 1 in 12 people. Australia is not far behind.

References:

World Health Organization. Obesity and overweight. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight (2020).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. National Health Survey: first results, 2017–18.ABS cat. no. 4364.0.55.001. Canberra: ABS, (2018).
Hayes, A. J., Lung, T. W. C., Bauman, A. & Howard, K. Modelling obesity trends in Australia: unravelling the past and predicting the future. Int. J. Obes. 41, 178–185 (2017).
YLD and 95% of Population is sick = Global Burden of Disease Study see: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)00648-6/fulltext, https://www.thelancet.com/gbd, https://www.nature.com/articles/nrneph.2015.98, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X15000698

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