Tuesday 11 October 2016

3 in 5 of England’s most deprived boys will be overweight or obese by 2020

3 in 5 of England’s most deprived boys will be overweight or obese by 2020 Stark new figures show a looming significant weight gap between the poorest and wealthiest primary-school aged boys living in England. Three in five (60%) of the most deprived boys aged 5-11 are predicted to be overweight or obese by 2020, compared to about one in six (16%) of boys in the most affluent group.

The most deprived girls didn’t however show the same trend, and are projected to have similar obese and overweight prevalence rates to their more affluent counterparts with an average of 1 in 5 girls predicted to be obese or overweight by 2020. Obesity Health Alliance

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