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Obesity

Childhood and adolescents considered by the World Health Organization as a global epidemic. Child obesity is one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century

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Childhood and adolescent obesity is a serious public health problem, considered by the World Health Organization as a global epidemic. Child obesity is one of the most serious public health problems of the 21st century.

Obesity means having excess fat in the body. It is different from being overweight, weighing too much.