This nine-year-old — 4-foot-1 and 66 pounds — is overweight, according to a “Fitnessgram” sent home by her Staten Island school. “I was like, ‘Oh, my God! Why did I get this?’” Gwendolyn Williams said.
Photo: New York Post, Stephen Yang.
Nearly a third of the world’s population is overweight or obese, according to a new report. The rate for children is up by 47 percent from 1980 to 2013. About 23 percent of children in developed countries were found to be overweight or obese. Even in poor countries, there are more overweight kids.
