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Spotlight: managing childhood obesity

Childhood obesity remains a challenge for general practice, despite government-led campaigns focussing on the issue. In this article, Dr Jessica Garner looks at what can be accomplished in practice.

IntroductionThe National Child Measurement ProgrammeFollowing assessmentFollow upReferences Introduction There has been increasing public concern and awareness regarding adult obesity levels for some time, yet it is only relatively recently that the issue of childhood obesity has hit the mainstream headlines. With the number of overweight children having skyrocketed over recent decades, this issue is of medical concern and a political hot potato. Official figures quote a third of 2-15 year-olds being overweight or obese, with an increased prevalence in those from deprived backgrounds.1  Clearly, the causes of obesity are multiple and no single factor is solely to blame. The problem has

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