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Health leaders are calling for an emergency taskforce to be set up to tackle childhood obesity in England.
In an open letter to the chief medical officer for England, Prof Dame Sally Davies, they say "an entire generation is being destroyed by a diet of junk food and sugary drinks".
They want an action group, made up of doctors, nurses, dieticians, dentists and schools, to be set up urgently.
Currently, around one in three children under 15 are overweight or obese.
The Royal College of General Practitioners and eleven other organisations signed the letter, which has been timed to coincide with the start of the new school year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28985874
In an open letter to the chief medical officer for England, Prof Dame Sally Davies, they say "an entire generation is being destroyed by a diet of junk food and sugary drinks".
They want an action group, made up of doctors, nurses, dieticians, dentists and schools, to be set up urgently.
Currently, around one in three children under 15 are overweight or obese.
The Royal College of General Practitioners and eleven other organisations signed the letter, which has been timed to coincide with the start of the new school year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28985874