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New study suggests a decline in the number of overweight young people in the UK
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on data collected between
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The rate of increase in Government initiatives have helped children become more active
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obesity levels may now have
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entered decline, with forecasts per cent, while the number of statistics. The International
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for 2020 predicting a fall in the obese girls could decrease to Obesity Task Force scale –
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number of overweight boys 10 per cent. based on six countries
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aged between two and 11 The criteria that determines including the UK – is also used.
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years old to 17 per cent, while whether a child is either Professor Klim McPherson of
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the number of obese boys in overweight or obese is Oxford University, who is also
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the same age group is dependent on age and gender. NHF chair, said: "These trends
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The proportion of overweight scale, which compares previ- that obesity may be levelling
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girls is set to be cut in half to 17 ously collected data with recent off in children."
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New quarterly figures released
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