22 January 2021 The number of adults living with obesity could rise dramatically unless robust measures are implemented to halt childhood obesity. The STOP Project (Science and Technology in childhood Obesity Policy), funded in 2018 by the European Commission to identify new interventions to reduce childhood obesity in Europe, has released its latest findings, providing new evidence to support governments and help policy makers identify the most effective childhood obesity interventions. With over 375 million children affected worldwide, obesity has risen to the top of the public health policy agenda in countries at all levels of income and development. "If no effective action is taken, this wave of childhood obesity will lead to more than one in three adults aged 20 in the UK being obese by 2025.” Professor Franco Sassi Professor of International Health Policy and Economics, Business School