# From hunger to obesity: Developing world faces growing threat to child health

https://mins.news/en/item/42828

- Reuters, 2026-09-02 23:25 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/hunger-obesity-developing-world-faces-growing-threat-child-health-2026-09-02/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a98b05448059c000187b32e

> Intan Permatasari’s mother could not bring herself to refuse her daughter’s requests for food. By age 4, Intan had outgrown every kindergarten uniform and went to school in clothes sewn at home.

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