Claim: Obesity kills 2.8 billion people a year.
Fact-check: Daily Star corrects error in reporting obesity deaths - Full Fact
Verdict: a world health organisation estimate put the number of deaths caused by being obese or overweight at 2.8 million, not billion.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Dr Fergus Brown
Date published: 2023-09-06T00:00:00