Cumberland News
News & Star
Thursday, May 29 2008
Never before have we been made more aware of the dangers of obesity. Advice about healthy eating and exercising plus warnings about the many problems obesity can bring take up countless column inches in newspapers, magazines and books. There are dozens of TV programmes about the benefits of healthier lifestyles.
Despite this, obesity figures in adults continue to rise, and one in 10 school starters in Cumbria are now clinically obese. Obesity leads to severe health problems, and this has a knock-on effect for everyone.