Article 75J6G More than 6,000 children treated at obesity clinics in England, figures show

More than 6,000 children treated at obesity clinics in England, figures show

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Anna Bawden in Istanbul
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Hundreds of four-year-olds among extremely overweight' patients at 39 specialist centres since 2021

More than 6,000 children living with obesity, including hundreds as young as four, have required treatment at specialist NHS weight-loss clinics, new figures reveal.

NHS England data, published for the first time, underlines the scale of the growing childhood obesity crisis.

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