Thursday 24 September 2009

Consequences of the school run

In London, 36.3 per cent of children aged 10 and 11 are overweight or obese, compared with a national average of 32.6 per cent. Four and five-year-olds in the capital are also above the national average, with 22.9 per cent being overweight or obese, compared with an average of 22.6 per cent.