Gauteng Health Department hosting a summit to combat child obesity [SOUND]

# The Gauteng Health Department, in partnership with Novo Nordisk and the City of Johannesburg, will be hosting a two-day summit in Sandton today and Wednesday. This is to commemorate World Obesity Day today, which is being held under the theme Changing Systems, Healthier Lives. According to the World Health Organisation, more than 2.5-billion adults are overweight globally. The department’s spokesperson, Motalatale Modiba, says the summit will explore evidence-based strategies to combat childhood obesity: