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Families need more help to tackle obesity in youngsters

The organisation that sets standards of excellence in health and social care, NICE, has called on local authorities and health professionals to do more to help families address the obesity time-bomb in children and young people.

The organisation that sets standards of excellence in health and social care, NICE, has called on local authorities and health professionals to do more to help families address the obesity time-bomb in children and young people.  In new guidance that puts families at the heart of tackling the issue, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends that healthcare professionals, local commissioners and providers of community-based lifestyle weight management services understand the challenges faced by families in their area in accessing support to address their weight. In addition they should encourage parents and carers to help their overweight child

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