Nearly one in four British children overweight or obese, claims study

UK has second-highest proportion of overweight under-fives after Ireland in 28 countries studied, while body dissatisfaction prevalent in young age groups

Nearly a quarter of British children under the age of five are overweight or obese, research has found.

The study, which is being presented at the European congress on obesity in Prague this week, found that the UK has the second-highest proportion of overweight children out of the 28 countries that were able to provide data.

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