The danger of childhood obesity: how can we bring it down?

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One in three school-aged children in the WHO European Region are living with overweight or obesity, and countries are working hard to break and reverse this trend. In this episode, Julianne Williams, WHO technical officer for Noncommunicable Diseases at the WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of NCDs, and Mirjam Heinen, WHO consultant working for the same Office, talked to us about best evidence-based practices that can help.

LINKS

Childhood obesity in European Region remains high: new WHO report presents latest country data: https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/08-11-2022-childhood-obesity-in-european-region-remains-high--new-who-report-presents-latest-country-data

Report on the fifth round of data collection, 2018–2020: WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (‎COSI)‎: Report on the fifth round of data collection, 2018–2020: WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (‎COSI)‎

WHO European Obesity Report 2022: https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/9789289057738
CREDITS
Hosted by: Aleksandra Olson and Igor Kryuchkov
Edited by: Igor Kryuchkov and David Barrett
Sound design by: David Barrett
Music: Science Marimba by Gavin Linnihan, Cool Cats Marimba by Howard Parker
Theme Music by: Ben King

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