The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund ( UNICEF ) recently came out with its ‘Feeding Profit’ report that uncovered some trends that shed light on the global obesity crises. As per the UN report, obesity has now overtaken malnutrition as the more dominant form of improper nutrition among school-age children and teenagers.

The UN agency reported a sharp rise in the number of cases surging from low to middle income countries like India and recommended the government to take some pre-cautionary measures to curb the same.

How big is India’s obesity problem?

Data produced from the India’s National Family Health Survey (NFHS) indicates an alarming rise in registered cases of obesity in the country. The condition of being obese or ‘overweight’ has increased by 127 perce

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