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Obesity in Young British People - HealthNewsDigest.com- Childhood Obesity News

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The research, led by University of Leicester Professor of Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine Kamlesh Khunti, was conducted against the background of knowledge that escalating rates of childhood obesity are likely to have an impact on the incidence of coronary heart disease and type-2 diabetes. People of South Asian origin living in Western countries are at greater risk of developing type-2 diabetes and coronary heart disease due to higher levels of insulin resistance, which may begin in childhood. Pupils with limited money to spend on food seemed reluctant to try new foods and saw less healthy options such as chips as better value for money than fruit in terms of satisfying their hunger. Identifying ways to reverse this proved difficult in all participating schools and the changes resulting from the research partnerships therefore proved to be quite modest. Read Childhood Obesity

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