10 teaspoons of sugar makes the waistline expand
- Correspondence to: Mrs Tanya Trayers Academic Unit of Primary Health Care, Department of Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Cotham House Cotham Hill Bristol BS6 6JL, UK; T.Trayers{at}bristol.ac.uk
The prevalence of childhood obesity is rising and the mechanism of obesity development is believed to be related to multiple causes including physical inactivity and overconsumption of calories. In 2002, 30.3% of boys aged 2–15 years and 30.7% of girls were at least overweight, and 16% of boys and 15.9% of girls in this age group were obese.1 The British …
