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Greece transformed from having Europe's worst childhood obesity rates to becoming a WHO model country in just a few years. The nationwide program reached 75% of families and helped eight in 10 overweight children achieve healthy weight.
Rio de Janeiro banned ultra-processed foods in public schools and now feeds 600,000 students two fresh meals daily, grown in school gardens. The 2023 law is reversing childhood obesity and malnutrition across Brazil's second-largest city.
President Trump reinstated the Presidential Fitness Test in July 2025, bringing back a program designed to combat childhood obesity and inspire healthy habits. States like Mississippi and Tennessee are already on board as experts work to modernize the classic program.
Yale researchers discovered that helping parents manage stress protects young children from obesity better than diet and exercise advice alone. The study found stressed parents improved their parenting and their kids stopped gaining excess weight after learning mindfulness techniques.
The World Health Organization just released groundbreaking guidance to transform school food worldwide, as 188 million children now live with obesity. Countries are being urged to adopt healthier meals and snacks that could shape eating habits for life.
The World Health Organization just released the world's first global standards for school meals, giving countries a roadmap to help kids develop healthy eating habits that last a lifetime. With childhood obesity now outnumbering underweight cases globally, these guidelines couldn't come at a better time.