'We know that obesity can impact on educational attainment too and this, combined with the likelihood that they will remain obese into adulthood, poses major health and economic consequences for them, their families and society as a whole.'
'Overweight and obesity impact on a child's quality of life, as they face a wide range of barriers, including physical, psychological and health consequences,' Sania Nishtar, ECHO co-chair, said in a statement. In developing countries, the number of overweight children more than doubled to 15.5 million in 2014 from 7.5 million in 1990, driven by globalisation and urbanisation, a report by the WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (ECHO) said. The number of obese or overweight children has risen by 10 million worldwide since 1990 and there are now more overweight and obese children in low- and middle-income countries than in high-income countries, the WHO said. LONDON, Jan 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At least 41 million children under the age of five are obese or overweight across the globe, with numbers rising most rapidly in developing countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday. Almost half of overweight and obese children under five live in Asia and 25 percent in Africa
