Ten times more children and obese today than 40 years ago

[Forever Sunshine]

   The number of obese children and adolescents rose to 124 million in 2016 -- more than 10 times higher than the 11 million classified as obese 40 years ago, in 1975.

A further 213 million children and adolescents were overweight in 2016, finds a new study published Tuesday in the Lancet.

Looking at the broader picture, this equated to roughly 5.6% of girls and 7.8% of boys being obese last year.

www.cnn.com/2017/10/10/health/child-adolescent-obesity-global-increase/index.html