It is becoming a major issue in urban areas, especially Nairobi.
I took my son to Village Market and Wild Waters for swimming recently and was shocked to see seriously overweight kids all over. After hitting the slides, they would be treated to chips, fried chicken, burgers, pizzas etc, latter downed with fizzy drinks, chemical juices and ice cream. The evidence is indisputable, checking out the queues at Nandos on Terrific Tuesdays, Steers, and the Kenchic joints in town that are famous for kuku sama.
To make maaters worse, the kids spend home time watching TV, playing video games and eating more junk, spending little time on physically exerting activities like sports, helping out at home etc.
No wonder life style diseases like diabetes in kids are on the rise.