It was revealed that children as young as 10 had hip organizations on the NHS because they are so overweight, because the British obesity crisis was exposed.
Alarming figures have shown that nine children aged 10 to 14 have needed the operation due to their overweight in the past five years.
The knee organizations caused by obesity have skyrocketed 46% in all age groups in just two years, while hip traces due to the weight increased by 22%.
According to NHS data obtained by the SUN, the increase is considered linked to young adults and average age of surgery earlier than usual due to additional pressure on their joints.
24 percent of the four and five years old children are very overweight or obese
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However, overweight retirees receiving these surgeries have also increased since 2019.
Regarding the figures of 2023, 24% of children aged four and five are very overweight or obese. One in three 10 to 11 years suffers from obesity.
In 2024, 38 children were admitted to the hospital per day with a diagnosis of obesity, marking an increase of 10% compared to 2023.
The Covide-19 pandemic saw the figures increase while the children were not in school, the obesity rates increasing by 45% for five-year-old children.
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Addressing The Sun, the chief of the National Obesity Forum Tam Fry described the results of “really shocking”.
He said, “This kind of thing is ruinous for the country, because not only are they obese as a child, but they will become more obese as they age. They will then obtain other diseases in addition to their obesity. »»
Fry explained how the cost of living crisis can lead parents to buy cheap food, which is often the most unhealthy choice, which causes figures up.
This occurs while the figures in November revealed that almost a third of children in certain regions of England are obese when they start secondary school.
Nationally, the obesity rate has dropped slightly compared to last year, but it is always higher than the figures recorded before locking
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31% of Knowsley’s 6th year students, Merseyside, are obese-more than twice the number of levels in areas such as Surrey and Richmond-Upon-Thames.
At the national level, the obesity rate has dropped slightly compared to last year, but it is always higher than the figures recorded before locking.
Health officials have called “concerning” figures, warning that the NHS “cannot resolve” the obesity crisis of the childhood of Britain “alone”.
The figures come from the National Child Measure Program (NCMP), which measures the size and weight of more than a million children each year.