The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has expressed worry about rising cases of overweight and obesity in children.
Joseph Owusu Asante, a nutritionist at the Nutrition Unit of the Bono Regional Health Directorate attributed the situation to over-nutrition and urged families to be interested in managing the eating habits of their children.
Describing it as alarming, he said if parents failed to do so, and to manage the weight of their children, it would cause the children health problems at 40 years and above.
Besides their eating habits, Mr Asante said it was imperative for families to allow their children to engage in physical activities like playing and engaging in household chores like washing clothes, cleaning, sweeping and cooking.
