More than half of Scotland are obese
December 14th, 2009 | 
Data from 2008 was disclosed by Public Health Minister Shona Robison in answer to Tory questions in parliament show that two-thirds of men and more than half of women in Scotland are overweight. Conservative MSP Jackson Carlaw said the statistics disclosed the true scale of “Scotland’s obesity epidemic” and are appalling. Figures for children aged between two and 15 showed that more than a third of boys and a quarter of girls weighed too much. See the full story from the BBC.
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