Children under five spend far too much time staring at screens, says the World Health Organization, and it’s contributing to a growing, worldwide childhood obesity epidemic. To combat the problem, kids need considerably more physical activity.
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says that physical activity is essential to kids’ well-being. Not just physically, but mentally and socially as well.
“Achieving health for all means doing what is best for health right from the beginning of people’s lives.”
Unfortunately, too many children aren’t getting the physical activity they need, and it’s becoming a worldwide health issue.
The Childhood Obesity Epidemic
Across the world, and particularly in wealthier, developed, First World nations like the U.S., kids aren’t getting the amount of physical activity they need. What’s more, they’re eating too much, and what they eat is calorie-laden and largely unhealthy, leading to a worldwide epidemic of obesity.
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