Meal deliveries and online games responsible for childhood obesity

The problematic role of meal delivery is further underscored by a study from the UK, adds the BBC. The latter shows that for a child, eating a take-out meal is equivalent to 200 calories more than a homemade meal. Over a week, this corresponds to an extra day of food.

In Swiss, a study by Health Promotion Switzerland, dated September 2021, notes that “globally, the proportion of overweight children has been decreasing for the past 10 years”. While noting that more than 17% of children and adolescents in the country are overweight.

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