By: Craig Donnellan (Edited by) | Publisher: Independence Educational Publishers
Recent surveys indicate that 10 per cent of children starting primary school are now regarded as alarmingly overweight, increasing to 15 per cent among school leavers. Doctors fear that this could lead to three out of four Britons being labelled obese within the next 15 years. This volume looks at the increasingly low levels of physical activity in our daily lives in the UK. There is also a chapter on the benefits of exercise. The information presented here comes from a wide variety of sources and includes government reports and statistics, newspaper reports, features, magazine articles and surveys, literature from lobby groups and charitable organizations.
