Obesity ‘bigger risk than smoking’
Obesity could be set to kill more people in Sussex than smoking, according to new findings.
According to medical professionals, the condition could become the UK’s biggest killer, given its links to other illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease and some cancers.
Currently, around 250,000 adults are already classed as "dangerously overweight" in the Sussex area, reports the Argus.
Healthy weights projects co-ordinator for West Sussex Primary Care Trust (PCT), Denise Kennedy, said her organisation is "determined" to tackle the issue
"We are fully committed to tackling the causes of people’s ill health, by reducing disease and addressing the lifestyle factors that are putting our health at risk," she said.
She added that the group is already doing some "great work" in the region, but that a continued effort is needed.
It was recently reported that obese women who are pregnant with their first child are at a higher risk of experiencing a complicated birth.
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