Friday 12 October 2018

Rates of severe obesity soaring among children, new figures show

Rates of severe obesity soaring among children, new figures show Rates of extreme obesity among children have risen by more than a third in a decade, new figures show.

The official NHS data shows obesity is continuing to rise among children - with more than one in five classed obese by the time they leave primary school.

And rates of severe obesity have reached a record high - with a rise of more than a third in just over a decade.

In total, 4.2 per cent of children leaving primary school are now classed as “severely obese” - compared with 3.2 per cent in 2006/7 - and just 0.4 per cent in 1990. The Daily Telegraph

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