Junk food leads to more children being obese than underweight for first time | Global health

According to the UN report, which warns that ultra -occupied junk food is too many childhood diets, the child around the world is more obese for the first time than the weakness.

UNICEF, 188 million young and school-age children with obesity Var-UNICEF, influenced health and development and bring life-threatening risk.

Catherine Russell, General Manager of the UN Child Agency, said: ında When we talk about malnutrition, we are no longer talking about weak children anymore.

“Obesity is an increasing concern. [UPF] At a time when nutrition plays a critical role in the growth of children, cognitive development and mental health, it gradually changes fruits, vegetables and proteins. “

In the report, 9.2% of children aged five to 19 worldwide are weak, but 9.4% are considered obese. In 2000, approximately 13% were weak and only 3% were obese.

Obesity has exceeded weakening as a more common form of malnutrition in all parts of the world, except for Sub -Sahara Africa and South Asia, and it is a problem even in countries with waste of waste or numerous children due to lack of food.

Report, Feeding Wife: How do food environments fail?He used data from more than 190 countries and sources, including UNICEF, World Health Organization and World Bank.

He revealed that one -fifth of five to 19 years old is overweight and that these 291 million people have increased to the obese category: 42% in 2022 and 30% in 2000.

In the report, obesity was the highest in the Pacific Island countries, where “transition from traditional diets to cheap, energy intensive, imported foods”. In Niue, 38% of children aged five to 19 are obese, and this figure is 37% on the Cook Islands. In richer countries such as Chile (27%), USA (21%) and United Arab Emirates (21%), were also high.

The percentage of overweight children in the UK rose from 29% to 30% in 2000 in 2000, while the percentage of obesity rose from 9% to 11%.

The steep increase in the number of overweight school children and young people was in low and medium -income countries where this number increased more than 2000 since 2000 due to the rapid expansion of “modern retail points, online markets and food distribution applications”.

Childhood obesity is linked to higher heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancer risks in later life.

There are increasing international concerns about the damaging health effects of UPFs that contain biscuits, biscuits and cakes, carbonated beverages and ready -made dishes and contain additives such as colors, emulsifiers and delicacies, and which can be high in additional sugar, fat or salt.

The UPFs “dominates shops and schools”, warned the report and is introduced digitally to young people and parents by creating an environment that is difficult to avoid instead of a personal election issue.

Nomathemba Chandwana, the Chief Scientific Scientific Officer of the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation at Cape Town, South Africa, said: “Here we only think of malnutrition as low or dwarf, but obesity has the same long -term results.

“One out of about eight children has overweight or obesity, while one of the four is a dwarf. Even in schools.

“It is really hard to try to fight both nutrition and obesity at the same time. South Africa is a middle -income country, but still not deeply equal. Many children grow up with hungry and cheap, low quality foods.

“Most of the attention and resources, of course, of course, but obesity is not always seen as malnutrition, so it slides under the radar,” he said.

Increased childhood obesity rates will have a major economic impact. UNICEF before Until 2035, global overweight and obesity cost will exceed 4 TN (£ 2.9 million) per year.

The report emphasized the positive action of Mexico on the sale and distribution of UPFs in schools.

However, “ultra -processed food and beverage industry weakens the efforts of unethical business practices to reveal legal measures and policies to protect children from unhealthy food environments”.

UNICEF urged governments to act on this issue using labeling, marketing restrictions, taxes and subsidies. He proposed better programs for the prohibition of marketing of junk food and schools in schools and vulnerable families to give nourishing diets.

“Strong measures to protect public-political processes from the intervention of the ultra-processed food industry”.