Figure 6.1: National surveys of weight status in children 5-19 years, 1990-2022
international agencies. While some countries are known to offer regular school medical examinations, neither As has been reported by the World Obesity Federation (Jackson-Leach et al, 2020), the status of treatment and management services for adult obesity is poorly reported nationally and international comparisons are difficult. The As a proxy for the services that might be available, two of the Universal Health Coverage indicators compiled by the WHO might be indicative of available obesity services for children. The first is the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Service Coverage sub-index on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, and the second is the UHC two sub-sectors. For the maternal and child health coverage indicator, 64 countries (of 191 examined) fall below a score of 70 out of 100. For the NCD health coverage indicator 161 countries (of 191) fall below a score of 70 out of