Earlier this year, the American Academy of Paediatrics updated their guidelines on the management of childhood obesity, for the first time in over a decade. This has generated a fair amount of controversy and underscores the fact that in all populations, obesity is a complex issue.

Read the article from the New York Times here.

The Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism also published this article recently in The Daily Maverick, highlighting a common scenario in the South African context: stigma. Read the piece here.