Competition runs from 1 September to 31 October 2014

The number of overweight people has been on the rise since the 1980s and today almost 1.5 billion people are suffering from obesity throughout the world. The figures have doubled in just 10 years amongst children - our main concern at the CyberDodo NGO.

Several factors explain this veritable epidemic (For more information, please refer to the free case file that you will find online by clicking here and to the free quiz by clicking here): genetic, poverty, Fast Food, industrial food, education, publicity, etc.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) furthermore recognised obesity as an illness in 1997 and estimated that there were 40 million children from the age of 5 years old who were overweight in 2012. The consequences are terrible: reduced life expectancy (from 50 to 75%), diabetes, cholesterol, hypertension, various illnesses, desocialisation, etc.

The good news is that we can fight against this scourge, but it must be our desire to seek help and be informed about it – and this is CyberDodo’s mission: the global dissemination of the message of respect and conservation.

We are organising this photo competition on child obesity until 31 October 2014 in order to make our members aware, particularly among the 150 countries that regularly visit www.CyberDodo.org.

What picture can you send in to the competition?

So, get hold of your cameras and take a photo illustrating obesity and/or junk food (CyberDodo must be visible in the picture, together with you).

What will our grand prize winner receive?

A super-powerful and much desired SONY PS4 console!

If you want to be kind to the environment or you are good at drawing, you can draw a picture of CyberDodo or print it using the picture that you will find on this page

If you have understood everything you need to do, what are you waiting for: we need your photo!

Before midnight (Monaco time) on 31 October 2014 (Monaco Time), send us your photo at photo (at) cyberdodo.com ((Replace the (at) with @. Only 1 entry per member to be submitted exclusively using the email address that you used to create your CyberDodo account. Your photo should measure a minimum of 500 pixels by 500 and a maximum of 800x800; photos which do not comply with these criteria shall not be accepted. Do not forget to also indicate when and where it was taken, as well as the names of the people in the photo.

Our team will meet to decide on the grand prize winner whose photo shall be featured in the ‘Hall of Fame’.

Good luck to you all!

Important: When taking photos, never put yourself and/or other people in danger. Respect the environment and do not do anything illegal because, of course, if there is any doubt that a photo does not respect CyberDodo’s message of respect and conservation, it will be excluded from the competition. Photos that are ‘improved’ with Photoshop® and/or edited photos are equally not allowed. By sending in your photo, you are guaranteeing that you own all rights to it and have obtained the approval of all the people featured in the photo.

N.B : The winner of the photo competition will receive a SONY PS4 game console. Depending on his/her country, he/she will receive either the gift, or its equivalent value in the form of a bank transfer (Based on Monaco prices on the last day of the tournament).