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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You Big Kid
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- Published on Sunday, 19 June 2011
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!