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Obesity not linked to deprivation - BBC News- Topic: Childhood Obesity News

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Differences in the proportion of overweight and obese children Obesity is a problem for children in affluent families as much as those with poor social conditions in Norfolk. Jon Cox, epidemiologist for Norfolk PCT, said it was an unexpected result to find that deprivation is not linked to levels of obesity in children. The heights and weights of more than 13,000 children across Norfolk were measured at primary schools last summer, as part of a national initiative to gather the most comprehensive picture of levels of childhood obesity in England. Norfolk PCT has taken the project one step further and carried out more detailed analysis on the data to provide an in-depth, localised picture of the prevalence of overweight and obese children in the county. Read Childhood Obesity

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