UN's health agency worried about growing child obesity

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UN's health agency worried about growing child obesity

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uns-health-agency-worried-growing-child-obesity-200216217.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/C7dTGKsI1N0.2vjTtmbzuw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/778ac01b36ce175a0228a5d357707281d648ad66.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Colombian twins are weighed in a nutritionist's office on September 22, 2011 in Medellin, Colombia" align="left" title="Colombian twins are weighed in a nutritionist's office on September 22, 2011 in Medellin, Colombia" border="0" /></a>The number of obese and overweight children in the world could balloon from 44 million in 2012 to 75 million in 2025, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Friday. This is faster than the growth rate from 1990, when the number was 31 million, said the UN's health body. In Africa alone, the number of obese and overweight children expanded from four to 10 million over the same period. &quot;Child obesity is one of the major health issue for tomorrow and today,&quot; Peter Gluckman, who co-presides over the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity, told reporters in Geneva.</p><br clear="all"/>

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