Stark new figures have revealed that almost 40% of Year 6 children in Northumberland are classed as either overweight or obese with one councillor blaming what he called a "Greggs diet".
The figures, from 2020/21, showed that 15.3% of children aged 10-11 were overweight, while 18.9% were obese and 5.8% were severely obese.
In comparison, 72.3% children in reception (aged four to five) were at a healthy weight over the same period. In 21/22, the numbers had improved slightly - 35.4% of children in reception were overweight or obese, while for children in year six that figure stood at 38.1%.
