The number of obese children globally is predicted to reach 250 million by 2030, up from 150 million now. There will be nearly 62 million obese children aged five to 19 in China by 2030, 27 million in India and 17 million in the US. The Democratic Republic of the Congo will have 2.4 million children with obesity, and Tanzania and Vietnam will have 2 million each. In the UK, the prediction is that 1.3 million children and adolescents will be obese by 2030, even though it is doing better than most, with policies to restrict marketing of junk food to children and to tackle inactivity and unhealthy diets. Up to one in five of the 250 million children will be suffering from severe obesity, with a BMI equivalent – measured differently in children – of 35 or more.

Source: The Guardian October 02, 2019 18:00 UTC