Obesity

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Wikipedia edit history · Last edited Aug 2, 2026

8,550

Total Edits

3,005

Unique Editors

10/10

Activity signal

2002

Created

1,023

Watchers

27%

Minor Edits

21K

Monthly Views

20

Edits (90d)

Revision window and sources

Partial coverage

This report displays 500 retrieved recent revisions — about 6% of the reported 8,550 edits. It cannot establish why a change was made, whether it is correct, or what happened outside this window.

Retrieved for this report: Aug 22, 2026, 1:32 PM UTC. Totals and pageviews are source-provided; the activity signal and section list are derived from the retrieved window.

What this edit history shows

The Wikipedia article on Obesity has been edited 8,550 times since it was created in 2002, by 3,005 distinct accounts and IP addresses. That averages about 353 recorded changes a year, or several every day, which puts it among the more actively maintained pages on the encyclopedia.

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, the ten busiest contributors account for only about 33% of the changes. Editing that dispersed means no small group dominates the page; most changes arrive from editors who touch it once or twice. In the same window, about 16% of the retrieved revisions came from bot accounts, which handle routine work such as link repair and reference formatting.

Within the retrieved window, 2022 carries the most recorded activity, with 148 changes. 28 of those revisions fall in the last 90 days. The most recent recorded edit was 19 days ago.

This report is built from the 500 most recent revisions retrieved from Wikipedia, about 6% of the 8,550 recorded edits. Figures drawn from that window describe the window only, and the report cannot establish why a change was made or whether it was correct. For older revisions, talk-page discussion and full context, follow the source history on Wikipedia.

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Most Edited Sections

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ClassificationEpidemiologyDietMetrics of healthMorbidity

Recent Changeslast 90 days

T g7endocrine disruptors are not a proven cause of obesity in humans
Aug 2, 2026
StefenTowerTypo fixes + cleanups, [[WP:AWB/T|typo(s) fixed]]: conditons → conditions
Jul 26, 2026
T g7Alabama
Jul 22, 2026
InternetArchiveBotRescuing 3 sources and tagging 0 as dead.) #IABot (v2.0.9.5) ([[User:In Transit|In Transit]] - 29661
Jul 21, 2026
Jarbleediting a link
Jul 20, 2026
Balchandra bcReplaced semicolon with a comma before "but" for correct grammatical punctuation.
Jul 20, 2026
T g7formatting table
Jul 20, 2026
ZefrUndid revision [[Special:Diff/1363514793|1363514793]] by [[Special:Contributions/Yankes468|Yankes468]] ([[User talk:Yankes468|talk]]) previous link correct
Jul 10, 2026
Yankes468no summary
Jul 10, 2026
Yankes468no summary
Jul 10, 2026
FleeceMDTrimmed undue detail on Frank et al. studies per WP:NPOV/NOR. Kept findings but dropped citation counts/praise quote. Fixed initials error in Trang K reference.
Jul 7, 2026
FleeceMDMerge redundant Statistics section into Epidemiology
Jul 7, 2026
FleeceMDRemoved redundant 1973 sourced sentence duplicating Social determinants section, kept sourced Uganda finding
Jul 7, 2026
FleeceMDFixed grammar "in to" to "to", cn remains, pending source
Jul 7, 2026
FleeceMDResolve clarify tag by stating the NWCR/BMI threshold ambiguity explicitly
Jul 7, 2026
FleeceMDReword caption for neutral tone WP:NPOV
Jul 7, 2026
FleeceMDSource unreferenced "obesogens" claim with two reviews
Jul 7, 2026
FleeceMDAdd 2021 systematic review alongside 1989 review WP:MEDDATE note child-only coverage
Jul 7, 2026
FleeceMDReplaced 2006 Yach citation with 2023 review WP:MEDDATE to resolve better source needed tag.
Jul 7, 2026
FleeceMDSource thrifty/drifty gene hypothesis paragraph with 2025 review to fix both medical-cn tags and MOS hypthen
Jul 7, 2026

Common questions about Obesity on Wikipedia

How many times has the Wikipedia article on Obesity been edited?

Wikipedia records 8,550 edits to Obesity since the article was created in 2002. Those edits come from 3,005 distinct registered accounts and IP addresses.

Who edits the Wikipedia article on Obesity the most?

In the 500 revisions retrieved for this report, the most frequent contributor is ParticipantObserver, with 43 edits. A high edit count reflects recorded activity in this window only; it does not imply ownership of the article or that the edits were accepted unchanged.

When was the Wikipedia article on Obesity created?

The earliest revision Wikipedia reports for Obesity is dated June 13, 2002, making the article about 24 years old.

When was the Wikipedia article on Obesity edited most heavily?

Within the revisions retrieved for this report, 2022 holds the most recorded changes, at 148. Because the report covers a retrieved window rather than the entire history, an earlier year outside that window could have been busier.

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