10 Oct 2016 --- The World Obesity Federation in Pediatric Obesity has published new figures suggesting that if current trends continue, 268 million school-aged children worldwide will be overweight by 2025, including 91 million who will have obesity. The new projections have increased sharply from the 223 million estimated only 3 years ago in 2013, and are in addition to the estimated 41 million children under the age 5 years who are currently affected by overweight or obesity.
