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Blame the junk food – Bad diet, not lack of exercise, is behind child obesity crisis

Written by Zoë on March 14, 2007 - 0 Comments
Categories: Dieting, Exercise, Media comments

A verbatim extract from the article: “Poor nutrition is the cause of obesity in children, not lack of physical exercise, a scientist claimed yesterday. Professor Terrence Wilkin said the crisis was being caused by larger portion sizes of unhealthy foods. His research undermines the government’s strategy to cut child obesity by focusing on more sports [...]

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