Novo Nordisk and UNICEF, the U.N. children’s agency, have expanded their partnership to prevent childhood overweight and obesity following UNICEF’s 2025 Child Nutrition Report, which found that childhood obesity had overtaken underweight for the first time on record. Novo Nordisk will provide an additional $18 million from 2026 through 2030 for prevention initiatives in Mexico, Colombia, Indonesia, the Philippines, India, Egypt and Kenya. The program will include nutrition and physical-activity counseling, as well as basic mental-health screening and support, and aims to reach more than 80 million children. Activities will run from 2027 to 2030, while funding begins in 2026. The expansion is part of Novo Nordisk’s updated sustainability strategy, scheduled to launch next week.