childhood obesity

  1. Northerner

    Free school dinners ‘led to fall in childhood obesity rates’

    The provision of free school meals is a useful weapon in the fight against childhood obesity, according to a groundbreaking study, whose findings are likely to be studied closely by health officials and politicians amid mounting concerns about the problem. A quarter of UK children are...
  2. Northerner

    One in 25 children aged 10 or 11 'severely obese'

    One in 25 children in England aged 10 or 11 are severely obese, new analysis has found. Height and weight measurements show the number of children classed as severely overweight rose from 15,000 in reception to 22,000 by the time they leave primary school. The Local Government Association...
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