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Two out of three of the county?s adults ? 160,800 people ? and a third of schoolchildren are overweight. And experts say the cost to the county?s NHS of treating the health problems caused by poor diet is set to balloon from ?72.4 million to more than ?80 million by 2015.
The figures have been revealed in the first county health and wellbeing strategy drawn up by Shropshire Council and the NHS Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group.
According to the report, almost a quarter of adults are classified as severely overweight or obese.
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/06/30/60000-in-shropshire-classified-as-obese/
The figures have been revealed in the first county health and wellbeing strategy drawn up by Shropshire Council and the NHS Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group.
According to the report, almost a quarter of adults are classified as severely overweight or obese.
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2012/06/30/60000-in-shropshire-classified-as-obese/