REMEDIUMREMEDIUM1561-59362658-3534Joint-Stock Company Chicot126110.21518/1561-5936-2018-6-26-28Original ArticleHow much does humanity weigh?PhilippovaIrinanoemail@neicon.ruRemedium061220186262818032022Copyright © 2018,2018According to the World Health Organization (WHO), The worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly tripled since 1975. In 2016, 39% of people over 18 years were overweight, and 13% were obese. It's not that the problem is not conceived by the society. WHO specialists have prepared a strategy to prevent and manage obesity, official medicine recognizes overweight as one of the corrected risk factors for many diseases and overweight is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality next to smoking that can be eliminated. The population is also worried about maintaining a healthy weight and health, as evidenced by almost 3 million search terms per month that contain the words "losing weight" in Yandex. Why is humanity gaining the total body weight so quickly and cannot stop? Are there any real ways to slow down this process both at the individual and at the population level?obesitydevelopment factorsdrug correctionorlistatожирениефакторы развитиямедикаментозная коррекцияорлистат