Child obesity: Government 'not doing enough' to tackle problem

Neil Puffett
Thursday, August 17, 2017

The government is not making enough progress to tackle child obesity a year after it published its childhood obesity strategy, it has been claimed.

The Obesity Health Alliance has warned of ”relentless exposure" of children to junk food advertising on TV and online. Picture: Morguefile
The Obesity Health Alliance has warned of ”relentless exposure" of children to junk food advertising on TV and online. Picture: Morguefile

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