The recent report from London Sports shows half of Londoners are cutting their spending on sport and exercise. The impact of the economic crisis on public health should be ringing alarm bells in Whitehall and Westminster.
When people talk about the obesity crisis, they often fail to explain what it means. It means a third of our kids leave primary school overweight. It’s led to surgeons amputating 140 feet or toes every week for Type 2 diabetes-related conditions.
