Obesity in the UK: analysis and expectations
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Scale of obesity in the UK – an overview.
The Foresight report (2007) concluded that half the UK population could be obese by 2050 at a cost of £50 billion per year. However, upward trends in obesity levels suggest these conclusions could be optimistic and could be exceeded by 2050.
The current state of the UK is set out separately, but it is useful to provide a brief overview of the situation in order to establish the context within which existing policies and initiatives can be assessed.
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