Obesity in children 'alarmingly' on rise in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Obesity and overweight are alarmingly on the rise in Bangladesh, particularly among children and adolescents, owing to the rapid spread of fast-food culture and changing lifestyles, experts and guardians viewed on the eve of World Obesity Day observed globally on Friday. According to a joint study published in 2014 by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), obesity affects 1.4 percent of children under the age of five in Bangladesh. Besides, 17.9 percent of children in the South Asian delta nation of nearly 170 million peop...
Source: philippinetimes.com
