09:28 GMT, Monday, 17 November 2008
Obese Midlanders problem tackled
Health experts are meeting in Birmingham to discuss the problem of obesity in the West Midlands.
Twenty-nine per cent of women in the region are obese - the highest rate in the country - while 70% of men are predicted to be obese by 2050.
The Department of Health figures show 31% of Stoke-on-Trent adults and 19% of Telford and Wrekin children are obese.
In Worcester, 48% of those aged 16 or over take less than 30 minutes exercise each week.
The problem was being discussed at a conference at the Botanical Gardens, in Birmingham, on Monday.
It has been organised by Living Well West Midlands, a Lottery-funded programme supported by the West Midlands Regional Assembly.
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