Children from less affluent families are less active, have poorer diets and suffer from obesity, says report

Credit: Alexander Grey from Pexels A new report released by the WHO Regional Office for Europe reveals alarming disparities in the health of young people across the region, with those from less affluent families disproportionately affected. Dr. Jo Inchley from the University of Glasgow’s MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit is the International Coordinator of the Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey. The survey monitors the health behaviors and social environments of nearly 280,000 boys and girls aged 11, 13 and 15 years from 44 countries in Europe Read More