One in four children overweight by age three

One in four children are overweight by age three - Guardian

Extract:

"Almost one in four children are overweight or obese by the age of three, a UK-wide survey reveals today.

The study, the biggest of its kind, measured the height and weight of 14,000 children aged three. Preliminary results reveal that 18% were overweight and a further 5% obese.

The head of the research, Professor Carol Dezateux, said the findings were "of great public health concern".

The government has made cutting childhood obesity a priority after research showed levels had trebled since the 1980s. It is committed to improving diet and boosting physical activity to halt the year-on-year rise in child obesity by 2010.

Today's study found children in Northern Ireland and Wales were more likely to be overweight or obese than those living in England and Scotland. But those in less advantaged areas of England and Scotland were slightly more likely to be overweight or obese than those living in more advantaged areas."

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