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Policy individual @TheKingsFund. Tweeting (my own) views as well as info and graphs about the NHS and social care. Retweets ≠ endorsements.
Jul 5, 2021 8 tweets 4 min read
🧵 - on #Obesity #inequalities who they affect most and what can be done about it.
All the findings are in this new @TheKingsFund report, so let's pull out some of the key issues 👀👀
kingsfund.org.uk/publications/t… Numbers of people who are obese are⬆️ rising in real and relative terms.
Since early 2000s overall overweight prevalence topped out at ~2/3 of adults, BUT - underlying trend is ⬆️ obese ppl as a proportion of overweight.