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NCD Lab series: Working with children, families, and schools to tackle childhood obesity in Chile [1]
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Date: 2022-12
In his medical practice in Santiago de Chile, family physician Diego García-Huidobro observed a worrying trend among families and children in recent years.
“I would see parents for a health issue or a preventive check-up, and often observed issues around overweight and an unhealthy lifestyle. As they brought their children to the consultation, I noticed that many were overweight, too, and at risk of developing health problems”, Diego recalls.
In 2016, more than half of pre-school children in Chile were reportedly overweight or experienced obesity, one of the highest rates among countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Children who are overweight are more likely to remain overweight or develop obesity as adults, and they are at greater risk of developing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and poor health.
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