“…This Supplement is adopting this perspective by putting together several research contributions from Italy, India, and Malaysia, building on the previous work on non-traditional risk factors for obesity in children [4]. The work has been developed under the umbrella of the Executive Programme of Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the Italian Republic and the Republic of India for years 2012-2014, under the joint support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Indian Ministry of Science & Technology [5].…”