Obesity: children under five and youth

Dr Cut Novianti Rachmi who just completed her PhD dissertation at the University of Sydney talks about the growing concern in Indonesia that more children are becoming overweight.

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Which age groups were surveyed to collect data regarding obesity among Indonesian children? What are the primary causes of the enlarging waist lines? What efforts have been made to arrest this trend? How can school help to keep the children healthy? Dr Cut Novianti Rachmi explaines.