WHO backs weight-loss drugs for obesity and urges change in mindset
World 15:24 16/09/2025LONDON - The World Health Organization will recommend using weight-loss drugs to treat obesity in adults, according to draft guidance from the agency that urged countries to take the condition seriously as a chronic disease.
Informing parents not enough to fight childhood obesity: study
World 16:40 11/09/2025Government-led programs attempting to curb childhood obesity by educating parents do not work, an international study published Thursday concluded, and researchers are calling for policies that prioritise society-wide solutions.
Obesity overtakes being underweight among world's young, says UNICEF
World 11:02 10/09/2025Globally, obesity is likely now more prevalent among school-aged children and adolescents than being underweight, according to a new report from UNICEF which blamed increasingly unhealthy food environments worldwide for the shift.
Vietnam's obesity rate rising fastest in Southeast Asia: reports
Vietnam News 13:30 22/06/2025Vietnam is currently experiencing the fastest increase in childhood overweight and obesity in Southeast Asia, with a 38-percent surge in recent years, according to reports presented at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.
Fast-eating kids with low chewing ability prone to obesity
World 18:14 26/05/2025OSAKA -- Eating fast without chewing much would result in obesity among elementary school students, a Japanese research team has found.
WHO to back use of weight-loss drugs for adults globally, raises cost issue
World 13:56 02/05/2025LONDON - The World Health Organization plans to officially back the use of weight-loss drugs to treat obesity in adults for the first time, a memo reviewed by Reuters on Thursday showed, marking a shift in its approach to treating the global health problem.
Overweight, obesity rate among Vietnamese children more than doubles in 10 years
Vietnam News 17:06 03/03/2023The rate of overweight and obesity among school-age children increased from 8.5 percent in 2010 to 19 percent in 2020
Ho Chi Minh City’s overweight, obesity rate doubles in 10 years
Vietnam News 09:23 25/12/2022The figure is also twice that of Vietnam
Vietnam sees surge in childhood obesity
Vietnam News 09:27 09/07/2022By 2020, for every 100 children between the ages of five and 19 in Vietnam, 19 were either overweight or obese
Over 2,800 surveyed Vietnamese aged 11-14 use social media; above half play games
Vietnam News 08:45 26/09/2020The good news from the survey is that 90.6 percent of the children play at least one sport
