Child obesity rates 'levelling off' among under-10s
The rise in childhood obesity, which has left one in three UK children overweight, may be beginning to level off in the under-10s, a study suggests.
There was a steady rise in the proportion of overweight children between 1994 and 2003, but in the past decade it has remained at about 30%.
The King's College London researchers added that obesity rates among 11-15 year-olds are still rising, however.
And Public Health England said there was no room for complacency.
Dominic Hughes reports.
30 Jan 2015