European Association for the Study of Obesity May 11 2025 Individuals who lived with obesity as children are less likely to be in work or studying in their mid-20s than their peers, new research being presented at year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025) has found. They are also more likely to be on long-term sick leave, the Swedish study of the long-term labour market outcomes of childhood obesity found. Rates of childhood obesity are higher in individuals from lower socio-economic