Youth obesity increases 10-fold in four decades, UN-backed study reveals

The number of obese children and adolescents aged five to 19 years worldwide has risen tenfold in the past four decades, and if current trends continue, there will be more obese children and adolescents than those moderately or severely underweight by 2022, a United Nations-backed study shows.
Source: UN News Centre - Health, Poverty, Food Security - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news