“A DIABETES time bomb is set to go off in London s East End as health chiefs this week warn of a major epidemic. As many as 10,500 people in Tower Hamlets, including 100 children, are battling with the condition. But anoth”

(Via East London Advertiser Diabete ‘time bomb’ shock, warn health chiefs: .)

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“A third of children leaving primary school in some areas of the country are overweight, official figures have revealed. A ’snapshot’ of the health of the nation’s children showed that the young are getting fatter“

(Via the Mail online | Health One child in four is overweight when they start school: .)

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“One in three children leaving primary school in some parts of Britain are overweight, it has emerged.”

(Via Telegraph News | UK News One in three primary-school leavers overweight: .)

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“Scotland has the second highest level of obesity in the developed world, official statistics show. Only America has a higher percentage of overweight adults, according to a recent Scottish Executive report.”

(Via Telegraph News | UK News Scotland is second in the world for obesity: .)

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“Children who don’t get enough sleep are more likely to become obese when they grow up, scientists say. Research has found that a lack of sleep prevents the body from producing sufficient quantities of a hormone that suppresses the appetite“

(Via the Mail online | Health Sleepless nights ‘can make you grow up fat’: .)

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“Fewer than three per cent of 11-year-old children are taking enough exercise at the time in their lives when they should be most active, a major research project on the inactivity of youth reports today.”

(Via Telegraph News | UK News Only one in 250 girls takes enough exercise: .)

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