Obesity levels in the South treble in 30 years
It's a ticking timebomb - obesity levels in the UK have more than trebled in the last 30 years and, on current estimates, more than half the population could be obese within the next 30 years.
- Sarah Saunders @SSaundersITV
Sugar intake 'almost as serious as smoking' for young generation, says doctor
First it was fat, then salt - but as the problem of childhood obesity soars - the focus is turning to the problem of sugar in the diets of young people - and the health problems they could storing up for the future.
All this week ITV is 'focussing on obesity' - looking at the problems facing families - and what's being done to help. This month the government highlighted the problem by announcing plans for a tax on sugar : an extra 6p or 8p on a can of fizzy drink - up to 24 pence extra for a litre of 'pop'.
Sarah Saunders investigates why one doctor in Kent says the sugar intake for children, is almost as serious as smoking.
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