
Excess weight will soon overtake smoking as the number one cause of cancer, while type 2 diabetes is on the rise. But what exactly is behind our national weight issue?
By Sarah Graham
The proportion of adults in England who were classed as overweight or obese rose from 52.9 per cent in 1993 to 64.3 per cent in 2019, according to data from NHS Digital. But this isn’t a trend born of only the last 30 years, the UK population has been seeing a steady increase in both its weight and size since th...
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