1. True or false: One in ten children and teenagers is considered overweight in the UK.

2. Which area has the highest rates of child and teenage obesity?

3. True or false: The United States and some Middle Eastern and North African countries are far behind the highest rates.

4. What issues is the World Health Organisation demanding action on?

答案 1. True or false: One in ten children and teenagers is considered overweight in the UK.

True. According to the report, in the UK, one in ten children and teenagers is classed as obese.

2. Which area has the highest rates of child and teenage obesity?

The highest rates can be found in some of the islands of Polynesia where that proportion rises to nearly one in three.

3. True or false: The United States and some Middle Eastern and North African countries are far behind the highest rates.

False. According to the article, the United States and some Middle Eastern and North African countries are not far behind the highest rates.

4. What issues is the World Health Organisation demanding action on?

The World Health Organisation is demanding international action to tackle the marketing, pricing and availability of cheap high-calorie food.

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