Leaked Reports Slams
UK Gov't 'Failure' on Obesity

A leaked report on Britain's efforts to tackle obesity condemns the government for "failing" and describes measures taken so far as inadequate, the BBC reported.

A parliamentary cross-party committee is due to publish its report, but BBC radio, which has seen a leaked draft of the report, said it will severely criticize government ministers for "woefully inadequate" plans to tackle what they describe as an epidemic of obesity.

The report says the financial costs of obesity are higher than previously thought, at about 3.5 billion pounds a year, and that rising costs could even threaten the end of the National Health Service.

It predicts increased levels of diabetes, cancer and heart diseases if obesity continues to rise, and attacks the government for failing to formulate joined up policies on obesity that link food, transport, education, health and work.

In Britain, 47 percent of men and 33 percent of women are overweight and nearly a quarter of both sexes are obese.

An estimated 1.8 million British schoolchildren are also overweight and a further 700,000 are obese.

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