Local councils are calling for “urgent action” on obesity on the back of data showing that more than 600 children and teenagers are now being treated for type II diabetes, which is largely preventable and normally only seen in adults aged over 40 years.
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The Local Government Association and Public Health England are warning that not enough is known about about the health and wellbeing of people living in the countryside as official statistics are “failing to paint an accurate picture”.
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Local councils want doctors to prescribe outdoor exercise to patients in a bid to encourage physical activity and fight the rising swell of obesity across the country.
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Experts are warning that the integration of health and social care – which has been a key policy theme for many years – is now at risk because of mounting pressures on services.
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