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Article: British children are fatter than health studies' worst fears Expanding waistlines on under-fives seen as better way of measuring obesity than the body mass index system
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- The Sunday Telegraph London
- Article date:
- January 23, 2005
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BRITISH TODDLERS have fatter stomachs than health professionals
thought, new research has revealed.
Scientists found that the average waistband of two-year-old girls
has increased by more than five per cent in a decade, while that of
boys has grown by four per cent.
The waist measurements of other children aged five and under have
also risen
significantly - and by more than suggested by earlier studies.
Scientists at London Metropolitan University say that most of the
excess weight is around the waist, where the health consequences are
particularly severe.
Fat around the middle - rather than "all-over" fatness - is linked
to a much greater risk of obesity-related conditions, such as heart ...