At a global level, overweight among children under 5 years has increased very little in the last ten years. In 2024, 5.5% of children under 5 years were estimated to be living with overweight - the equivalent of 35.2 million children. twenty children under 5 years were experiencing overweight, rising to nearly one in every ten in the Western Pacific and the Americas. Overall, 29 million children under 5 years were estimated to be living with overweight in low- and