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WHO
@who.int

In 2024, 170 million children & adolescents aged 5–19 years were living with obesity. Obesity prevalence in this age group has quadrupled since 1990, rising from 2% to 8%. 🆕 WHO's first global guidelines on child & adolescent obesity bit.ly/4j8TAhm

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Deirdre G
@alooffloofdg.bsky.social

Yes, processed food but also the inability of letting children run around all day on their own do to fear for their safety but the constantly increasing cost of “organized” sports making impossible for many to participate.