Britain in obesity crisis
BRITAIN is in the grip of an obesity crisis, with one in three women and at least a quarter of men classed as overweight.
The numbers have risen steadily over the last 20 years and have become so bad that the worst-affected teenagers already have a shorter life expectancy than their parents.
More than 30,000 people in Britain will die this year because they are obese.
The National Health Service spends £4.2billion a year treating the problem and the figure is set to reach £10billion by 2050.
At least 13,000 cancer cases each year are caused by obesity, which can also lead to Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, strokes, pregnancy complications and joint problems.
Last month statistics revealed that hospital admissions caused by people being chronically overweight had gone up by 360 per cent in five years.
In the past year alone, numbers in England have surged by 60 per cent, with 8,085 people being treated for obesity and related health problems.
This was up almost two-thirds on the previous year, when 5,056 were admitted.
