41 million of the world's children are overweight and the developing countries are the most serious.
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west medium said, a WHO subordinates work to assess the cause of children's overweight incentives The group recently released the latest report in Geneva that 41 million of the world's children are overweight, especially in the middle and low income countries.
reports show that many children are now living in an environment that is prone to obesity because of the commercialization of unhealthy food and high calorie and nonalcoholic beverages. This problem exists all over the world, but the situation in developing countries is even more serious.
reports that the rate of overweight children under 5 years of age increased from 4.8% to 6.1% from 1990 to 2014, and the number of affected children increased from 31 million to 41 million during this period. The growth rate of the developing countries is particularly obvious. The number of obese children has doubled, from 7 million 500 thousand to 15 million 500 thousand.
report shows that nearly half of all overweight children under 5 in the world came from Asia in 2014, while 1/4 lives in Africa. According to the report, the number of obese children in Africa doubled between 1990 and 2014, from 5 million 400 thousand to 10 million 300 thousand.
the head of the report, Nash, says that both overweight and obesity can have a serious impact on the quality of life in children, because obesity can hinder the normal life of children, and these consequences are likely to continue into adulthood.
reports that experts suggest that countries should develop a healthy diet plan to reduce children's processed food and alcoholic beverages with high sugar content through taxation or the introduction of measures aimed at regulating food advertising. The