Health

Helping children and families learn the facts about obesity, while freeing them from blame and stigma

‘How did I end up here?” Mário Silva asks. He is referring to how he came to work in the childhood obesity field, 15 years ago founding the Portuguese Association of Childhood Obesity, APCOI, an organisation he is now president of in his native Portugal.

Inspired by his beloved grandmother, Mário Silva has written a new book that challenges misconceptions and hopes to change how we talk to children about obesity An illustration from the book ‘Mum, What is Obesity?’ ‘How did I end up here?” Mário Silva asks. He is referring to how he came to work in the childhood obesity field, 15 years ago founding the Portuguese Association of Childhood Obesity, APCOI, an organisation he is now president of in his native Portugal. For Mário, it is quite a personal story.

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