Changing trajectory: Experts call for early action to curb childhood obesity


  • Family
  • Wednesday, 23 Jul 2025

Experts highlight that single interventions 'such as diet or physical activity, in single settings' rarely work without consideration of wider factors which may contribute to childhood obesity. Photo: Filepic

Childhood obesity has risen to "alarming” levels, academics have said as they called for action to prevent unhealthy lifestyles setting in among babies and toddlers.

Experts said that a child’s trajectories are set early in life and "appear difficult to alter after the age of about five years.”

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