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2008/08/11 - Action needed on childhood obesity - Kiddicare- Topic: Childhood Obesity News

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There needs to be a significant change in the British lifestyle in order to fight growing childhood obesity rates, experts warn. At present a third of children in the UK are already overweight or obese, and without action this could rise to 25 per cent of children by 2050. Mr Fry suggests that a balance of healthy eating and exercise habits is all that is required to maintain physical wellbeing. According to NHS statistics, in 2006, 24 per cent of adults (aged 16 or over) in England were classified as being obese. These are not necessarily the views of kiddicare. Read Childhood Obesity

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