High but decreasing prevalence of overweight in preschool children: encouragement for further action
Sarah Maessen and colleagues argue that identifying successful policies and practices in countries with falls in early childhood overweight can help enhance efforts and reduce within country inequities Nearly every country worldwide has experienced a steady rise in the prevalence of obesity across all age groups in recent decades.1 However, there has been recent optimism about an apparent plateau in prevalence of unhealthy weight among children in some high income countries, particularly among young children.2 A World Health Organization analysis of national surveys from 144 countries describe...
Source: bmj.com