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.

NOF Opinion will always be identified in italics.

You Big Kid

Kids are growing so tall that Tesco has launched school uniforms in ADULT sizes.  Parents are telling the chain store that it’s becoming a nightmare to kit out for school.

With height comes width with, reportedly, waist sizes for an average yr old having increased by 7cm compared to 1981!