“In Kenya, 8.4 per cent of children aged five to nine have been predicted to be obese by 2030 which makes 670,834 in number. For children aged 10 to 19, 5.5 per cent have been predicted to be obese by 2030 which totals to 793,121,” read the report. “In total 1,463,954 children aged five to 19 have been predicted to be obese by 2030,” the report added. Nine countries are predicted in the report to be having more than five million people aged between five and 19 living with obesity in 2030. China is leading with 62 million, followed by India with 27.5 million, US (17 million), Indonesia (9.1 million), Brazil (7.7 million), Egypt (6.8 million), Mexico (6.6 million), Nigeria (six million), and Pakistan (5.4 million).

Source: Daily Nation October 23, 2019 11:26 UTC