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Might population-wide increases in physical activity reduce socio-economic inequalities in the proportion of children who are overweight?

Posted on October 8, 2019May 30, 2022 by Christine Garrington

Just half of children in the UK achieve the World Health Organisation’s targets for daily activity, and in England the Government has set its own strategy to tackle this. But would increased physical activity lead to fewer children being overweight or obese? And would it help to address social inequalities in the proportion of children…

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