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Kenya risks having 1 million obese children by 2030, UNICEF warns

Kenya joins global trend as childhood obesity surpasses underweight for the first time, UNICEF warns.

Kenya could have more than one million children aged 5-19 living with obesity by 2030, UNICEF has warned.

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