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VIEWPOINT While many countries watch their financial debts mount, there is another ticking timebomb walking the streets, says obesity expert Professor Tony Leeds. In this week’s Scrubbing Up, he warns that obesity could cost countries trillions in ill health and corrective surgery, and...

VIEWPOINTProfessor Tony LeedsSpecialist in obesity management, Central Middlesex Hospital A big increase in obesity threatens to cause health problems for millions of people across the world. In this week’s Scrubbing Up, obesity expert Professor Tony Leeds warns that our weight...

Emma WilkinsonHealth reporter, BBC News Young children who are regularly looked after by their grandparents have an increased risk of being overweight, an extensive British study has suggested. Analysis of 12,000 three-year olds suggested the risk was 34% higher if grandparents cared for them...

The "tipping point" that sets children on the way to a lifetime of obesity often occurs before the age of two, say US researchers. A study of more than 100 obese children and teenagers found more than half were overweight by 24 months and 90% were overweight by the age of five. A...