Health

Children at risk of obesity as family incomes grow

Phillip Karera (not real name), 11, opens the kitchen cabinet and is greeted by bags of chips, candy bars and microwave pizza. This is the life the boy, who weighs 60 kilograms, has known since he was a toddler.
Junk food such as this cause obesity in children. (Timothy Kisambira)
Junk food such as this cause obesity in children. (Timothy Kisambira)
Ivan Ngoboka