Starving and overweight children Nigeria

Nigeria’s Double Burden: Starving, Overfed Children in Crisis A split-scene image showing a thin, hungry child in rural Nigeria holding an empty plate on the left, and an overweight child in Lagos holding a soda and chips on the right, symbolising the country’s double burden of malnutrition and obesity.

A split-scene image showing a thin, hungry child in rural Nigeria holding an empty plate on the left, and an overweight child in Lagos holding a soda and chips on the right, symbolising the country’s double burden of malnutrition and obesity.

Nigeria’s Double Burden: Starving, Overfed Children in Crisis

Korede Abdullah September 24, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – In the bustling streets of Lagos, children line up outside fast-food restaurants clutching bottles...