Why are our kids overweight?

An unprecedented number of our children are now considered severely obese – a category that deems them in need of immediate medical intervention for their weight problems. The latest figures from NHS Digital showed 121,000 Year 6 pupils, who are aged 10 and 11, are obese – that’s over 20%, and 26,000 of these are classed as severely so.

This is the fourth consecutive year where severe obesity in children has broken records, and it has serious mental and physical long-term health implications. Children who are obese