Childhood obesity: a critical Maltese health issue
Childhood obesity: a critical Maltese health issue Victor Grech MD, PhD, FRCPCH, MRCP, DCH Consultant Paediatrician (Cardiology), Paediatric Department St Luke’s Hospital, Guardamangia, Malta Email: [email protected] Keywords: obesity, cost of illness, obesity/economics, state medicine/economics Overweight and obesity are epidemic and worldwide, at all ages, particularly in Westernised societies. Malta