
Obesity rates have risen in London primary schools (Stock image)
(Picture: PA Archive)One in four London children in their final year of primary school are now obese, figures show, with rates climbing sharply in some of the capital’s most deprived areas.
An NHS Digital report shows that 25.8 per cent of Year 6 children in the capital are now obese, compared with a national average of 23.4 per cent.