Children’s obesity linked to England’s health disparities, study finds

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Hundreds of thousands of children in England are growing up overweight or obese because of widening health disparities across the country, analysis suggests.

Child obesity has proliferated in recent years for a variety of reasons. Children live increasingly sedentary lifestyles, where physical activity has fallen and activities such as watching TV, playing video games and spending time on phones have increased.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/3noNTgK