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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Rachael Burford and David Bond

London’s Olympic boroughs among worst for childhood obesity in England

Barking and Dagenham, Greenwich, Newham, Hackney, Waltham Forest and Tower Hamlets were designated Olympic legacy boroughs

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London’s Olympic boroughs have seen childhood obesity rates soar to some of the highest in the country in the decade since the Games, analysis by the Evening Standard reveals on Wednesday.

Critics said ten years on the promised legacy of a healthier and more active population has failed to materialise in the areas of the capital which hosted the event.

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