UNICEF: One-third of world's young children undernourished or overweight

PARIS - One-third of the world's nearly 700 million children under five years old are undernourished or overweight and face lifelong health problems as a consequence, according to a grim United Nations' assessment of childhood nutrition released on Tuesday.

"If children eat poorly, they live poorly," said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, unveiling the agency's first State of the World's Children report since 1999.

"We are losing ground in the fight for healthy diets."