Rise in Obesity Related Hospital Admission

There has been a huge rise in the number of obesity related hospital admissions, ten times the amount! The information comes from the NHS Information Centre and reports that 10,720 people were admitted to hospital for obesity related problems, 1,000 more cases than in 1999. The illnesses included breathing difficulties, gastric bands and heart failure. A spokesperson from the British Heart Foundation said that the figures increase concerns about the UK's ever progressing obesity epidemic. The government's new plan to tackle the biggest health problems of the nation will hopefully have the power to ‘tackle' childhood obesity. 2.8 million people are treated for type-2 diabetes. This disease has close associations with an inactive

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