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Meet the latest answer to child obesity: the Wii - Independent- Childhood Obesity News

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Computer games, the prime suspects when health experts try to explain why the UK’s children are the most obese in the nation’s history, have now emerged as a potential cure for overweight youngsters. With the Government desperately trying ever more imaginative ways to improve rates of exercise and participation in sport, officials are considering encouraging schools across the country to put the new generation of “active computer games” on the curriculum, to help the most at-risk youngsters out of their sedentary lifestyles. The report also warned of the life-threatening problems of childhood obesity and predicted a 70 per cent rise in type 2 diabetes, a 30 per cent increase in strokes and a 20 per cent increase in heart disease. The Independent on Sunday understands that the departments responsible for improving fitness among the nation’s youngsters have officially endorsed the project – with a pilot scheme in the pipeline. Read Childhood Obesity

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