thetimes.co.uk - Politicians and GPs are turning a blind eye to the obesity epidemic. But if we don’t act, we’re heading for disaster
Hansel and Gretel has always been seen as one of the grimmest fairy tales. Two children caught by a witch as they eat her cottage made of sweets are force-fed to fatten them up to die.
However, this is the tale of our age. According to Professor Paul Gately, an obesity specialist at Leeds Metropolitan University, 140,000 “super-fat children” will need gastric bands as adults. One in ten will start primary school clinically obese.
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