Childhood Overweight on the Rise: Is It Too Late To Turn The Tide in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Security Theme
Health
Keywords
Nutrition, childhood overweight
Description
Childhood overweight in Latin America and the Caribbean is a serious public health problem. This condition affects 4.2 million children under the age of 5 and 49 million children and adolescents between the ages of 5 and 19. In the last two decades, the figures have increased worryingly in children under 5 years of age, from 6.8 per cent (3.9 million) in 2000 to 8.6 per cent (4.2 million) in 2022; and in children and adolescents between 5 and 19 years of age, from 21.5 per cent (35 million) in 2000 to 30.6 per cent (49 million) in 2016.
Childhood Overweight on the Rise: Is It Too Late To Turn The Tide in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Childhood overweight in Latin America and the Caribbean is a serious public health problem. This condition affects 4.2 million children under the age of 5 and 49 million children and adolescents between the ages of 5 and 19. In the last two decades, the figures have increased worryingly in children under 5 years of age, from 6.8 per cent (3.9 million) in 2000 to 8.6 per cent (4.2 million) in 2022; and in children and adolescents between 5 and 19 years of age, from 21.5 per cent (35 million) in 2000 to 30.6 per cent (49 million) in 2016.