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Food companies and lack of government action are largely to blame for "unacceptably slow" progress towards tackling obesity, according to experts.
New estimates published in The Lancet medical journal suggest that children in the US are consuming 200 more calories a day than they were in the 1970s.
They also weigh five kilograms (11 pounds) more than they did 30 years ago.
The extra eating was said to bring in 20 billion dollars (£13 billion) a year to the US food industry, illustrating the difficult conflict between health and economic priorities.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/food-industry-blamed-over-obesity-31004628.html
New estimates published in The Lancet medical journal suggest that children in the US are consuming 200 more calories a day than they were in the 1970s.
They also weigh five kilograms (11 pounds) more than they did 30 years ago.
The extra eating was said to bring in 20 billion dollars (£13 billion) a year to the US food industry, illustrating the difficult conflict between health and economic priorities.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/food-industry-blamed-over-obesity-31004628.html