Is Childhood Malnutrition Shifting From Underweight To Overweight? Experts Shed Light
Published on: Oct. 13, 2025, 3:17 p.m. | Source: Zee News
The health effects are grim. Overweight kids are twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease in childhood as their healthy counterparts. Unlike the baby fat of yesteryear that could be anticipated to fade away as a child grew older, childhood obesity nowadays frequently follows adult life, advancing long-term risks of metabolic disease and early death.
