'This is a wasted opportunity and it starts to erode the whole obesity strategy.'
When surveying children aged 10 to 11 years old, this rose to 25.5% obese and 15.4% overweight.
"This delay threatens the UK target to halve childhood obesity by 2030. Boris is playing politics with our children's health." "Pausing restrictions on deals like 'buy one get one free' will allow us to understand its impact on consumers in light of an unprecedented global economic situation," she added.The costs of the NHS dealing with obesity in the UK are "vast" and it was time to "get a grip on it", says the PM.
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