Alarming Surge: Nearly One in Three Bulgarian Children Now Overweight

UNICEF has warned that childhood obesity has now overtaken undernutrition as the leading form of malnutrition worldwide, with one in ten children and adolescents affected - a figure representing roughly 188 million school-aged boys and girls. A new UNICEF report, Profiting at the Expense of Children: How the Food Environment Puts Them at Risk, highlights the alarming trend and its long-term consequences for children’s health.The global analysis, covering data from over 190 countries, found that underweight among children aged 5-19 has decreased from nearly 13% in 2000 to 9....Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Novinite Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Novinite