In Summary
• Most people tend to confuse obese children with chubby babies since there is no major difference in appearance between the two.
• Parents should be counselled on high birth weight during their pregnancies to prevent childhood obesity and other health problems.
Paediatric obesity, where a child is overweight for his or her age, is a decades-old world health problem.
According to the World Health Organisation, 41 million children under the age of ...