Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

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Child obesity growing in developing world: WHO (AFP)

Posted: 16 Mar 2011 09:00 AM PDT

Mothers breastfeed their children while waiting for a check up at a health centre in Gbarnga in 2008. Poor diet, low rates of breastfeeding and a sedentary lifestyle were largely to blame for the sharp rise in overweight children in developing nations, the World Health Organisation said.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - The number of overweight African children under five has tripled to 13.5 million in 20 years, the UN's health agency said Wednesday, warning of a child obesity problem in developing countries.
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