Loop – Meisha-Gay Mattis
According to reports by the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSSHS), 18.1 per cent of boys and 25.2 per cent of girls are overweight in the 13 to 15 age group, while 5.3 per cent of boys and 6.7 per cent of girls are obese. That was seven years ago. Fast forward to 2017 and the results are jaw dropping. The obesity rate has almost doubled — 10.3 per cent in boys and 9.9 per cent in girls. This epidemic of childhood obesity is why, according to a 2015 report in the New England Journal of Medicine, today’s children are not expected to outlive their parents. (more)