Official: obesity risk to half of all children - The Observer 2nd September 2007

The government has admitted for the first time that almost half of all children will be dangerously overweight by 2050 if drastic action is not taken to halt the growth in childhood obesity. Revealing the true scale of the obesity epidemic, Ed Balls, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, said the number of children in the high risk category was rising at a worrying rate.

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Obesity UK: we are getting as fat as Americans - The Independent on Sunday 2nd September 2007

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