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BEING obese or overweight is now normal for adults in Worcestershire.
The scale of the epidemic is costing the county?s NHS an estimated ?80million a year treating obesity related ill-health and another ?60million dealing with the consequences of excess weight.
A total of 115,900 adults are obese and another 162,433 are overweight ? over half the adult population. One in four of the county?s children now start school obese or overweight increasing to a third by the time they reach Year 6.
Over 6,000 hospital admissions are due to obesity related conditions and the problem now causes 400 deaths a year across the county.
Children who have weight problems are more likely to be obese adults and it can lead to problems with the heart, breathing, diabetes, fertility and premature death.
Factors behind the rise include people becoming less active, poor diet and the growth in fast food outlets.
http://www.redditchstandard.co.uk/2...y-is-the-norm-for-adults-in-county-61490.html
The scale of the epidemic is costing the county?s NHS an estimated ?80million a year treating obesity related ill-health and another ?60million dealing with the consequences of excess weight.
A total of 115,900 adults are obese and another 162,433 are overweight ? over half the adult population. One in four of the county?s children now start school obese or overweight increasing to a third by the time they reach Year 6.
Over 6,000 hospital admissions are due to obesity related conditions and the problem now causes 400 deaths a year across the county.
Children who have weight problems are more likely to be obese adults and it can lead to problems with the heart, breathing, diabetes, fertility and premature death.
Factors behind the rise include people becoming less active, poor diet and the growth in fast food outlets.
http://www.redditchstandard.co.uk/2...y-is-the-norm-for-adults-in-county-61490.html