gassor
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What the hell is going on? When I was at primary school (late 50s) there was one lad in the class overweight. At secondary there was another, maybe borderline obese, in my class. Today I read this
Given the way being overweight creeps up on people during there lifetimes, will we soon reach the stage where obese people make up the majority of the population?
Additionally,
The cost of this treatment, would it appears, bankrupt the NHS. It is hard to believe that we can do this to ourselves.
Wales has the highest proportion of overweight or obese children in the UK, a new study has found.
Almost one in four children born between 2000 and 2002 who were studied by the Institute of Education, London, were obese by age 11.
A further 17% were overweight, taking the combined total to 40.5% - higher than all other UK regions.
Given the way being overweight creeps up on people during there lifetimes, will we soon reach the stage where obese people make up the majority of the population?
Additionally,
the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is changing its guidelines on who should be offered weight loss surgery, suggesting two million obese people in the UK getting gastric band or bypass operations.
at £5,999 for a bypass and £2,588 to have a band inserted.
The cost of this treatment, would it appears, bankrupt the NHS. It is hard to believe that we can do this to ourselves.