The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) recently unveiled its Child Nutrition Global Report, shedding light on some pertinent child nutrition and health-related issues worldwide. The report further uncovered some disturbing trends that shed light on the larger obesity crisis that stands to grip the Indian populace.

According to the latest report obesity has for the first time in history surpassed underweight and malnutrition to become the biggest nutrition and health related concern for school-aged children and teenagers.

Speaking at a media roundtable event organised by the United Nations , Marie-Claude Desilets chief at UNICEF India said that as media exposure to fast food advertising increases for all sections of the Indian society, the population will

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