Why career women’s children are getting fatter

Children of elite mothers in Kenya are increasingly becoming obese compared to those of uneducated parents, paediatricians have warned.

Adolescents and children in private schools whose mothers are more educated and rich are becoming bulgier, putting them at risk of diabetes, cancers and heart diseases, says Dr Joyce Mbogo, a paediatrician and paediatric endocrinologist at Aga Khan University Hospital.