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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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Parents in Gloucestershire are to be sent letters urging them to take responsibility for their children’s weight. The news comes as it is revealed obese people cost Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust more than £143 million a year. This is set to rise to £159.5 million a year by 2015 unless action is taken. School children [...]

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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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