New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- The food industry has trapped children into unhealthy diets, with cheap and calorie-dense ultra-processed food dominating shops and schools, warned a new UNICEF report, adding that obese children now outnumber those who are underweight.

While the prevalence of childhood obesity in India is lower than the global average, the proportion of overweight Indian children is rising rapidly, it said.

The report, titled 'Feeding Profit: How Food Environments are Failing Children', is based on nutrition data from more than 190 countries.

Mint explains its findings and what's at stake for India and the world.

Worldwide, school-going children who are obese now outnumber those who are underweight, said the report, released ea...