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What the kids say On the whole, pupils enjoyed taking part in The Daily Mile but some also spoke of it becoming repetitive and boring. Pupils suggested playing music while

Children today spend more time sitting than ever before. And research shows that as they grow up, children tend to become more sedentary and less active. This is where The

Obesity and ethnicity The problem of underestimating obesity is even worse in some population groups. The extent to which the BMI misclassifies the body fatness of people depends on their

The problem with body-mass index A high BMI or BMI-for-age – in children and adolescents BMI has to be adjusted for age because it increases with growth and maturation –

The World Health Organization has described obesity as a global epidemic and one of today’s “most blatantly visible yet neglected public health problems”. In the last few years reports on the rise of this life-threatening