NHS spending on conditions caused by obesity has risen to more than £1bn a year – more than is spent providing hip operations for the elderly, according to NHS figures.
Obesity experts have said sedentary lifestyles and excessive food consumption was leading to an ‘explosion’ in lifestyle diseases, which was putting the health service under intolerable strain.
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