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DHAKA, Bangladesh - Obesity and overweight are alarmingly on the rise in Bangladesh, particularly among children and adolescents, owing to the rapid spread of fast-food culture and changing lifestyles, experts and guardians viewed on the eve of World Obesity Day observed globally on Friday. According to a joint study published in 2014 by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), obesity affects 1.4 percent of children under the age of five in Bangladesh. Besides, 17.9 percent of children in the South Asian delta nation of nearly 170 million people are obese, while the same problem among adolescents is 23.6 percent. As per the country's law, citizens aged 18 years and below are considered children, whereas youths aged 10 to 19 are considered adolescents. Dr Khurshid Jahan, professor at the prestigious Institute of Nutrition and Food Science, told Anadolu Agency that the number of bulky children in the country has been significantly in

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