Letters
Childhood obesity in England
Childhood obesity: positive change is possible
BMJ 2025; 388 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r80 (Published 17 January 2025) Cite this as: BMJ 2025;388:r80
- Michael Craig Watson, trustee,
- Angela Towers, president
- Institute of Health Promotion and Education, Lichfield, UK
- mcwatson100{at}gmail.com
We are grateful to Iacobucci for drawing our attention to the latest childhood obesity figures.1 Once again they are shocking statistics. Prevalence is higher in England than in comparable countries, and children in the most deprived parts of England are twice as likely to have obesity as those in the least deprived areas.
Many people in deprived areas lack reliable access to enough nutritious …
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