Obesity needs to be treated as seriously as cancer if Scotland is to curb the many devastating health conditions it causes, a leading nutritionist has warned.
Professor Mike Lean believes “radical action” is needed to help people live healthier lives and reduce pressure on the NHS.
A recent poll for Obesity Action Scotland suggested that a third of Scots (31%) ordered more takeaways during lockdown and almost half (47%) said they had put on weight.
Prof Lean, from Glasgow University, said diseases caused by obesity came at an “utterly colossal” cost to the health service.
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