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‘Three decades of failure’: 7.2 million more adults now obese despite 14 government strategies - lbc.co.uk

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Published by LBC By Lauren Eales · 7 August 2026 at 08:00

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What the report says

There are now 14.3 million adults in England classed as obese or severely obese.

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