GENEVA –  The number of obese children and adolescents worldwide has jumped tenfold in the past 40 years and the rise is accelerating in low- and middle-income countries, especially in Asia, a major study said on Wednesday. Childhood and teen obesity rates have leveled off in the United States, north-western Europe and other rich countries, but remain "unacceptably high" there, researchers at Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO) said. "Over 40 years we have gone from about 11 million to a more than tenfold increase to over 120 million obese children and … [Read more...] about Child and teen obesity rates soar globally, WHO reports