Some 41 Million Kids Five And Under Are Overweight Or Obese, WHO Report Finds.

reports in “Science Now” that some “41 million children age five and under are overweight or obese, a number expected to grow to more than 70 million children worldwide during the next decade, a new World Health Organization report says.” In fact, “between 1990 and 2014, rates of young children who are overweight or obese have surged to 6.1% from 4.8%,” the report prepared by the World Health Organization’s Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity found. http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-overweight-children-worldwide-20160125-story.html