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18% increase in NHS obesity admissions in a year

04-Apr-2018

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617,000 obesity related admissions in 2016-17.

Two-thirds of the admissions were women.

10,705 cases where obesity was recorded as the primary diagnosis.

“Obesity is the new smoking” - head of NHS England.

Obesity is associated with heart attacks, cancer, Type 2 diabetes and other illnesses.

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Jonathan Valabhji

Consultant Diabetologist at St Mary’s Hospital and National Clinical Director for Obesity and Diabetes at NHS England.

NHS

UK National Health Service, publicly funded healthcare system in England

NHS Digital

Information provider to the health and care system.

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