Read the rest at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-29/a ... ld/5485724Australian obesity rates climbing faster than anywhere else in the world, study shows
The results of the global study into obesity rates, published in the medical journal The Lancet, show almost a quarter of the country's children and 63 per cent of the adult population is overweight.
Australia's obesity levels are now on par with the United States, but slightly less than New Zealand.
The study has prompted health experts to call on the Federal Government to commit to a national anti-obesity strategy.
Obesity Policy Coalition spokeswoman Jane Martin says obesity is an issue that governments can tackle in a number of ways.
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And as if that is not startling enough,
The rest is at https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/lates ... m-parents/Obese child taken from parents
A morbidly obese child at "significant risk of death" has been taken into State care after attempts to work with her family failed.
The Department for Child Protection and Family Support said the child's excessive weight was the result of a medical condition.
The ABC reported the three-year-old girl was from an Aboriginal community in the East Kimberley and weighed at least 30kg - more than double the average weight for a child of that age as measured by the World Health Organisation.
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