UK obesity trend
Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:49
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14276445
Nearly a quarter of adults and 14% of children are obese, the latest Health Survey for England shows.
By 2050 the figures are predicted to increase to more than 50% of adults and a quarter of children.
What is that going to do to their health-care costs? Life expectancy? NHS is already having trouble physically accommodating the current obese clientele - wheelchairs, stretchers, beds, bariatric ambulances (£90K!)
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14276445
Nearly a quarter of adults and 14% of children are obese, the latest Health Survey for England shows.
By 2050 the figures are predicted to increase to more than 50% of adults and a quarter of children.
What is that going to do to their health-care costs? Life expectancy? NHS is already having trouble physically accommodating the current obese clientele - wheelchairs, stretchers, beds, bariatric ambulances (£90K!)
[This entry was originally posted as http://syntonic-comma.dreamwidth.org/444055.html on Dreamwidth (where there are
comments).]