All Work and No Play Makes Jack Fat

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PRESSURE on children to achieve academic results is contributing to rising levels of obesity, a government adviser claimed yesterday.

Dr Laurel Edmunds, an adviser to the House of Commons health select committee believes youngsters have a higher risk of becoming overweight or obese because they are under increasing pressure to perform academically.

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All Work and No Play Makes Jack Fat

Dr Edmunds' comments come less than a week after the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child ...

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