Overweight kids

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  Four stone five-year-old branded overweight by NHS

  Mar 6th, 2012

  A five-year-old boy weighing in at 4st 3lb was branded 'overweight' and warned he could suffer ill...

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  Gastric balloons for obese kids as young as 11

  Oct 24th, 2011

  Overweight children as young as 11 will be given gastric balloons on the NHS.

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  Three stone five-year-old branded overweight by NHS

  Jul 28th, 2011

  The NHS have written to the parents of a 3st 5lb (21.3kg) five-year-old boy from Nottinghamshire...

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  10-year-old child weighing 10 stone taken into care plus three other obese children

  Nov 16th, 2010

  Four children have been taken into care in the UK because they are so obese. One of the children, ...

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  Fat kids have better diets than their skinny peers

  Nov 8th, 2010

  Fat children have better diets than their thinner classmates, a Norwegian study of 900 primary ...

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  Ten-month-old baby tips the scales at over THREE stone

  Aug 20th, 2010

  Ten-month-old baby Lei Lei from China has astounded medics with his staggering 3st 1lb bulk - the ...

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  Overweight kids

  Jul 10th, 2010

  More and more children are becoming overweight and even obese, which can lead to bullying and health ...

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  Parents 'don't realise' their children are obese or overweight

  Jan 28th, 2010

  A new study has found 75 of fathers think their overweight child is normal size. Half the mothers, ...

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  Missing DNA may be the reason behind some childhood obesity

  Dec 7th, 2009

  Children who suffer from serious obesity may be able to attribute it to missing DNA, according to ...

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