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Obesity was mentioned on the death certificates of 212 people in 2011, the most recent year for which statistics are available, which signals almost a 20% rise in fatal cases over the previous four years.
Around one in six boys aged between two and four were also classed as obese, with the weight problem affecting 16% of children in this category ? up from one in 10 in 2007.
The proportion of obese female toddlers fell from 11.4% to 9.7%.
The figures emerged following a series of parliamentary questions by Scottish Conservative health spokesman Jackson Carlaw.
They also showed 41% of male adults in Scotland were considered overweight, more than half of whom were obese.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...our-scots-die-from-obesity-each-week.21402012
Around one in six boys aged between two and four were also classed as obese, with the weight problem affecting 16% of children in this category ? up from one in 10 in 2007.
The proportion of obese female toddlers fell from 11.4% to 9.7%.
The figures emerged following a series of parliamentary questions by Scottish Conservative health spokesman Jackson Carlaw.
They also showed 41% of male adults in Scotland were considered overweight, more than half of whom were obese.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...our-scots-die-from-obesity-each-week.21402012