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WHO says child obesity is developing world nightmare

By Agence France-Presse in Geneva | China Daily | Updated: 2016-01-27 08:25

Asia accounts for nearly half of young children categorized as overweight or obese

Childhood obesity has reached alarming rates globally and become an "exploding nightmare" in the developing world, including Africa where the number of obese and overweight children under five has doubled since 1990, a WHO commission said on Monday.

The authors of the report from the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity stressed that the epidemic has historically not been treated as a grave public health issue and was regarded by some as a product of lifestyle choices by individuals and families.

WHO says child obesity is developing world nightmare

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