date:Jul 22, 2022
matched by an increase in the provision of weight management services to support this.
UK children facing malnutrition on all sides
The Food Foundation report shows that despite increased attempts to lose weight, child obesity rates jumped 50% from 2019 to 2020. It reveals that 14.4% of first-year children in England and 15.5% of first-year children in Scotland are considered obese.
For children born this year, one in four will be overweight or obese by the time they enter their first year o