obesity

Some argue the levy disproportionately affects lower-income families and does little to tackle obesity.

It added that it was "committed to tackling the childhood obesity crisis and improving children's health through our Plan for Change".

Scientists also once thought obesity was in part caused by excess cannabinoids and designed a drug called rimonabant to block this system.

The obesity crisis in India is ballooning - and the seemingly harmless pot belly may be a far bigger villain than we think.

Focused primarily on health, by tracking 14,500 children born between 1991 and 1992, it has revealed insights into obesity, autism and, more recently, the effect of the pandemic on mental health.