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Saturday, 26 February 2005 10:34
BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
Are we getting fatter?
Data gathered for the Health Survey for England for 2003 shows an alarming increase of adults who are dangerously overweight figures show a 75 per cent increase in obesity over the past decade.

According to health analysts more than eight million Britons are categorised as clinically obese, which could increase their chances of severe risk of chronic health conditions such as heart disease and diabetes.

The data showed that 22.9 per cent of men and 23.5 per cent of women have a body mass index (BMI) rating of more than 30, the yardstick of obesity and the number of fat women increased by 50 per cent with the number of obese men rose by almost 75 per cent.


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