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https://www.euronews.com/health/2025/09/10/more-children-are-obese-than-underweight-in-world-first-unicef-warns

More children worldwide are now obese than underweight for the first time, due partly to rampant junk food access, the United Nations said in a new report.

While the share of school-aged children and teenagers who are underweight has fallen since the turn of the century – from 13 per cent to 9.2 per cent – obesity rates have risen from 3 per cent to 9.4 per cent, according to UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund.

The only regions where children are still more likely to be underweight than obese are sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

That translates to about 188 million children aged 5 to 19 with obesity globally in 2025, putting them at risk of serious health complications, the report warned. An estimated 184 million children are underweight.

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