Weight Management and Wellbeing

Weight management and wellbeing experienced strong value and volume growth in 2019, mainly due to the rise of obesity and to higher concern among Vietnamese consumers about their physical appearance brought about by real and imagined peer pressure ...

Saudi Arabia continues to suffer from high obesity rates with around 40% of Saudi Arabian men and 62% of Saudi Arabian women being obese. The government is very concerned about the high obesity rate and carries out numerous educational campaigns that...

Awareness of the need for a balanced diet grew in Greece at the end of the review period and translated into consumers changing their nutritional habits to try and achieve weight loss. This resulted in some consumers moving away from weight ...

The proportion of the Mexican population that is overweight or obese has risen steadily in recent years, and the medium-term trend looks set to be one of further growth. Key contributors to what is already a major public health crisis for the country...

The strong growth registered in weight management and wellbeing in 2019 suggests that the category has considerable potential for further increases in sales during the forecast period. The good performance of the category in 2019 was the result of ...

In France, 23 million people are obese or overweight, while there is also growing health consciousness among consumers. In addition, there is general pressure in Western society to be slim. Nevertheless, weight management and wellbeing sales declined...

Traditional diet plans and exercise remain the leading methods for losing weight in the United Arab Emirates due to better long-term results. To accomplish these results, consumers often purchase a meal plan from a nutrition-based food company such ...

Many Uzbekistani men are overweight. Sedentary lifestyles and fast food are the key factors leading to lower rates of activity, which can consequently lead to obesity. Moreover, the majority of traditional food is oily and consumed on a daily basis. ...

Overweight and obesity are still key concerns in Uruguay, and that concern was reflected in higher sales of weight management and wellbeing products in the country in 2019. Supplement nutrition drinks, weight loss supplements and meal replacement all...

Growing numbers of Danes are eschewing the products categorised under weight management and wellbeing and instead adopting a more holistic approach to weight loss. This essentially means focusing on eating a healthier diet and exercising more ...

Singapore continued to witness increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes amongst local consumers, as a result of unhealthy lifestyles and sugar-laden diets. This is of great concern to the government due to the complications that can arise from having...

Weight management and wellbeing struggled to generate positive sales growth in 2019 as consumers increasingly turned to alternative ways to lose weight that form part of a healthy lifestyle. With the general trends increasingly favouring long-term ...

New lifestyles are acting to limit growth in weight management and wellbeing. As in many other European countries, in Spain there is a growing awareness about practising healthy habits to contribute to better overall health. As a result, the ...

With almost two thirds (63%) of the population of the Dominican Republic being overweight or obese, this offers a large potential segment of consumers to target with weight management and wellbeing products. While 34% of the population is classified ...

The strong performance of weight management and wellbeing is mainly being driven by strong awareness of the health and wellness trend among all consumer groups. Most consumers are not only aware of this trend but are also taking strong actions to ...

Weight management and wellbeing continued to record a positive performance in 2019, a trend that is predicted to continue into the forecast period as an increasing number of Kenyans gain weight or are classed as obese. This trend is being driven by ...

Weight management and wellbeing continued to record positive current value growth in Morocco in 2019. There is rising awareness of these products in the country, with Moroccans becoming increasingly well informed about the latest product launches. ...

There has been an increase in sales of weight management and wellbeing products because Nigerians are now concerned about their weight; those with low weight want to improve their weight and those overweight are attempting to reduce their weight ...

In 2019, slimming teas remained the only significant item within weight management and wellbeing in Cameroon, in volume and value sales terms. In particular, slimming teas from China are very popular in Cameroon, and the entrance of cheaper Asian ...

Just as in other countries across the world, obesity is a problem in Peru. In 2018, Euromonitor International data showed that 20% of the population over 18 was obese and a further 37% was overweight. Faster-paced lifestyles and poor eating habits ...