11th October 2016 is the second World Obesity Day. This initiative is promoted by the World Obesity Federation, a global community of professional members of scientific, medical and research organizations and obesity associations.

In United States more than 40% of women and more that 35% of men are obese, and almost 30% of girls and boys are overweight or obese. In order to contain obesity crisis, a number of actions has been done to analyse all individual, environmental, social and physiological issues that can have an impact on obesity prevalence – from diet to physical activity, from infrastructure to sport, from public health interventions to medicine.

In 2016, the attention of the World Obesity Federation is focused on Childhood Obesity, aligning with the WHO Commission’s report on Ending Childhood Obesity. Child and adolescent obesity has risen rapidly worldwide and it is particularly alarming because few knowledges are currently available on long-term effect on cardiovascular system, hearth, muscle and bone and, more in general, on a growing body. Obese children have also high blood pressure, and in some cases even hypertension; they are more prone to develop diabetes and other metabolic disease. Effective actions should be taken to return a great future to these children.