Novo Nordisk and UNICEF renew push to prevent childhood obesity

COPENHAGEN: Novo ‌Nordisk and UNICEF have expanded their partnership to help prevent childhood overweight and obesity, the Danish drugmaker said on Tuesday. The expansion follows UNICEF’s 2025 Child Nutrition Report that found childhood obesity had ‌overtaken underweight ‌for the first ‌time ⁠on record. Novo ⁠will commit an additional $18 million from 2026 through 2030 to support prevention initiatives in Mexico, Colombia, Indonesia, the Philippines, ⁠India, Egypt and Kenya, Senior ‌Vice ‌Pre