Child Nutrition Report, 2025
In September 2025, UNICEF released the report titled - Feeding Profit: How Food Environments Are Failing Children, highlighting that global obesity rates have surpassed underweight rates for the first time.
Global and National Nutritional Trends
- The UNICEF 2025 report reveals that global obesity prevalence among children has officially surpassed underweight rates.
- India faces a significant burden with childhood obesity costing nearly one percent of the national GDP annually.
- The National Family Health Survey-5 indicates a 127 percent rise in overweight prevalence among Indian under-five children.
- By 2030, India is projected to account for eleven percent of the global obesity burden among adolescents.
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