2.3.2 Trends and projections to 2040: children 5-19 years living with high BMI In 2025, an estimated 419 million children and adolescents 5-19 years were living with overweight and obesity. This While all income groups willikely continue to see increases in prevalence over this period, lower-middle- and low- income countries are expected to show the biggest increases. In these countries, the absolute numbers of children living with high BMl willalso rise significantly. As a result, in 2040, over 85% of children 5-19 years living with high BMI will reside in low- and middle-income countries. In 2025, the highest prevalences of high BMl were in the Region of the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean region and the European region. By 2040, this Atlas predicts it will be the Region of the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean region and the Western Pacific.