Unicef: Obesity for the first time exceeds the weight loss among young people in the world

In a new report issued by the United Nations Child Organization (Unicef), obesity on a global scale has become more common, compared to weight loss, suggesting that this shift to the increasing consumption of unhealthy food worldwide. Unicef ​​estimates are based on data collected by academics from countries around the world, from 2000 to 2022. They expected for the first time in 2017 that the reach of this “transformation point” will take place in the coming years. UNICEF has used data to deduce what has happened since 2022 based on trends since 2010. It has concluded that one in ten, or nearly 188 million children and teens of the school time, suffering from obesity based on the standards of the World Health Organization, which exposes them to the risk of developing life problems, including diabetes, heart disease and vascular. Obesity figures said in its report ‘Unicef’ that obesity figures in this age group rose by more than three times as it rose from 3% in 2000 to 9.4%. This is compared to a decrease in the spread of weight loss among children between the ages of 5 and 19 years, from about 13% in 2000 to 9.2%. The report acknowledged that weight loss is still a major problem. “When we talk about malnutrition, we no longer just talk about underweight children,” says Catherine Russell, executive director of Unicef. The report said that obesity figures now exceed weight loss rates in all regions of the world, with the exception of sub -Saharan Africa and South Asia. The report pointed out that in some Pacific Islands, such as Newy and Cook Islands, most affected, obesity suffered from almost 40% of children between five and 19 years. He added that the rates are 21% in the UAE and the United States. Ultra -treated foods and explains that foods that have been treated a lot, containing high levels of sugar, salts and fats, and are continuously marketing and place for unhealthy products at all times, is one of the basic factors that contributed to raising obesity. “Obesity is not a failure of parents or children, but this is the result of toxic food environments,” said Chris van Tolkin, a global health professor at London University College, one of Untra-Procesedededededededed. In a recording conducted by ‘Unicef’, 64,000 young men and women between the ages of 13 and 24 out of 170 countries saw 75% of the participants saw ads for sweetened drinks, snacks or fast meals over the past week. Even in conflict affected countries, 68% of young people had to see this kind of advertisement. Unicef ​​said there is an urgent need to act through governments around the world, including limiting marketing and fast food in schools.