Major health fears sparked as one in five children are now OBESE when they leave primary school at 11
Health campaigners have lashed the Government for not taking stronger action to tackle Britain's increasing obesity epidemic
ONE in five kids leaves primary school obese, official figures suggest.
They add up to a record toll of more than 100,000.
Twenty per cent of 11-year-olds are obese, compared to 17.5 per cent a decade ago, a report from NHS Digital reveals.
Last year, 19.8 per cent were dangerously tubby, but officials said the rise is not significant.
In some parts of England almost one in three kids is obese when they leave primary school — with poorer areas faring worst.
Barking and Dagenham in East London has the highest rates, with 29.2 per cent in the fattest category.
In posh Rutland, in the Midlands, the figure is 11.8 per cent.
Being too heavy raises the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart, liver disease and several cancers.
Health campaigners slammed the Government for failing to tackle the fat epidemic.
Tam Fry, from the National Obesity Forum, said: “Child health surveillance is still in the dark ages. That we have so many young people who are obese and doomed to a lifetime of poor health is appalling.”
