Child obesity ‘timebomb’ could devastate NHS

Express UK – Mark Reynolds

Health chiefs said Britain is on its way to becoming a chronic “nation of fatties” as shocking figures laid bare the scale of the crisis. Public Health England statistics show that one third of UK children aged two to 15 – almost four million people – are now categorised as overweight or obese. If the current trend continues, it could “bankrupt” the NHS in the coming years, officials claimed. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1102820/child-obesity-crisis-devastate-nhs-diabetes-type-2