London News Online – Calum Frasier
South London has some of the fattest kids in the country. Southwark has the fourth highest percentage of overweight or obese children in the country, according to statistics in a new study. Using data from the National Child Measurement Programme, more than 13 per cent of children in the borough, between the age of four and five, are considered overweight or obese – up one per cent from last year. Experts blame the epidemic on an abundance of unhealthy food and a progressive lack of exercise. (more)