Published by the World Obesity Federation (WOF), the atlas, which compares 196 countries, predicts that by 2030, 12 per cent (490,205) of children aged five to nine will be obese and 10 per cent (819,496) of 10-to- 19-year-olds.
This compares to the latest findings from the National Child Measurement Programme, which found that 9.5 per cent of Reception children are obese and 20 per cent of 10- to 11-year-olds.
The atlas predicts that more than 1.3 million children and young people in the UK will be obese in 11 years’ time.
The predictions are determined using current statistics on each country’s maternal obesity rates, maternal smoking, breastfeeding rates and impaired growth and development in infancy, to calculate a ‘risk score’ for their likelihood of having or acquiring major childhood obesity problems.
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