Topic: #ISGlobal

Children in polluted cities ‘more likely to suffer from obesity’

Children living in air pollution-plagued cities with high population density, ‘unwalkable’ infrastructure and who have parents who smoke are more likely to become obese, say US researchers. (more…)Read more

25-06-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Watching TV ‘has strongest link’ with childhood obesity – study

Watching television is the lifestyle habit ‘most strongly associated’ with obesity in children, says an international health research centre which looked at city children’s habits. The Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) did a study of...Read more

27-12-2019|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Pneumonia kills one child every 39 seconds

Over 800,000 children under the age of five died from pneumonia last year – that’s one child every 39 seconds. The shocking figure comes from United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), which says most deaths occurred in...Read more

14-11-2019|Comment|author: Simon Weedy