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New report claims a quarter of the UK's children are either overweight or obese
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tion Centre's study showed that
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the rapid increase in childhood
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obesity levels
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had started to level off, but The number of overweight children increased during 2009
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among young people were – are above their recommended NHS Information Centre chief
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still "too high". weight. The National Child executive Tim Straughan said:
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According to the report, 24 Measurement Programme was "The study shows that the
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