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Here are some images I produced for the Sun to show how Lexi, now 14 and already overweight would look in years to come. Childhood obesity expert Professor Paul Gately spells out the progressive health and lifestyle troubles she may encounter. Lexi with her mum, aged 14 and below at ages 25 (top left), 35, [...]

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Child obesity is determined before the age of five, ministers were told yesterday. Scientists found that the majority of weight gain in children happens before they have started school, raising doubts over Government policies which target fatter children only when they start primary education. They urged ministers to launch more pre-school obesity initiatives. A quarter [...]

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The Department of Health’s campaign to help prevent obesity has been launched with some great images showing how 10 children will look in 30 years time, if they continue their unhealthy lifestyles. Statistically, 9 out of 10 of us will be overweight or obese. The government admits that if nothing is done then the National [...]

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19 Nov 2008 By Kate Donovan The BMI McIndoe Surgical Centre has purchased the first operating table in Europe that can hold patients who weigh up to 330kg (51 stone). The large specialist cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery dedicated unit said that the purchase is in response to the UK”s growing obesity epidemic. David Irvine, [...]

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We are hearing more and more about councils getting involved in the prevention against obesity and Gloucestershire County Council has really put it’s money where it’s mouth is in giving Tewkesbury £2.4 million to get healthier! I found this article on the This is Gloucestershire website. Tewkesbury has been given £2.4 million to make its [...]

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I attended a fascinating discussion called Size Matters at the Cheltenham Literary Festival about obesity. I was pretty disheartened to hear that by 2050, three quarters of all men will be obese. This is the finding of Foresight, a Government think tank project that has been launched to tackle the rise in obesity and as [...]

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