News and Opinion
There are stories relating to obesity breaking around the world every day. The stories below are those where journalists haver sought NOF opnion/quotes or summaries of research on which NOF may have a view. Where possible the source of the stories are identified by the newspaper banner or a URL in red.
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The obesity stroke victim aged just six
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- Published on Sunday, 12 June 2011
As well as the child identified in the headline, FOI figures are showing that babies are also being treated in hospital because of their weight. Inappropriate early weaning is seen as a root cause of the problem.
MEND, one of the UK’s best known child weight loss providers is quoted in the newspaper as having seen mothers pouring fizzy pop into their baby’s bottles and in parts of Wales they put chips in milk in bottles!