Child and adolescent obesity in Asia

Childhood obesity is a rapidly growing public health problem in developing countries. World Health Organization estimated that in 2010, of 43 million overweight/obese children worldwide, about 35 million of them were living in developing countries. In this chapter we will present case studies on what is happening in Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and China, the developing countries in the Southeast and East Asia that are undergoing rapid socioeconomic development and urbanisation. We will also explore the possibilities of what the governments and communities can do to address the emerging childhood obesity epidemic in these countries.