Katy Docherty
May 20 2021, 5:18 ET
FOR the first time, the annual number of patients admitted to hospital for obesity-related conditions has topped one million.
Two-thirds were women and the total is a seven-fold increase over a decade, latest NHS figures for 2019 and 2020 revealed.
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NHS England’s Prof Stephen Powis said: “These shocking figures are a growing sign of the nation’s obesity crisis.”
Many of us have put on weight during lockdown so now is the time to shift it as restrictions lift.
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