This chart shows the estimated proportion of underweight/overweight children and adolescents worldwide, by age group.

Underweight children cost the NHS as much as those with obesity, a new study has found. The University of Oxford findings ...

Traditional, healthy diets are being replaced by ultra-processed foods, often high in sugar and additives, the UN agency says.

Around 10 per cent of children across the world are obese, surpassing - for the first time - the number of those who are underweight, a major study by children’s charity Unicef has found. Roughly 188 ...

Oxford University research reveals that underweight children incur healthcare costs comparable to those with obesity ...

The NHS incurs an estimated £340 million in additional health care costs annually due to weight-related health problems in ...

More school-age children and adolescents are now obese than underweight, a new report from the United Nations’ children’s agency, UNICEF, has revealed, with 188 million young people affected. Obesity ...

(Gray News) - For the first time in history, more children are obese than underweight, according to a recent nutrition report. The United Nations Children’s Fund shared data from more than 190 ...

The NHS incurs an estimated £340 million in additional healthcare costs annually due to weight-related health problems in ...

The health effects are grim. Overweight kids are twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular ...

Oxford research reveals need to support children across entire weight spectrum, not just those with obesity. The NHS incurs an estimated £340 million ...