What's up with Paris? Medikidz explain childhood overweight

Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past thirty years. The prevalence of obesity among children aged 6 to 11 years increased from 6.5% in 1980 to 19.6% in 2008. The prevalence of obesity among adolescents aged 12 to 19 years increased from 5.0% to 18.1%. Once diagnosed, most children can often find it confusing and difficult to understand why their body shape is so different to other children.

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Subject(s)Science
Author(s)Kim Chilman-Blair, John Taddeo
Age5-7, 7-11
Published2009
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Shelf reference612 MED
ISN/ISBN9781906935023
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/x8hxh

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