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Junk Food Kids

Rating:3.0 of 5Total number of episodes:2Last broadcast:21/09/2017 at 11:35
September 2017
47:12

Series 1 Ep 2

Expired 3.0 25 x
Across Britain, the number of children with serious but entirely preventable health problems is spiralling. Follow the pioneering work of a unit at King’s College Hospital in London, where Britain’s first full paediatric obesity team is now performing stomach reduction operations on overweight children. Thirteen-year-old Denisa, who came to Britain with her parents from Romania four years ago, is obese and now a potential candidate for the surgery. In Leeds, the Dental Institute operates on fou...
47:12

Season 1 Episode 1

Expired 3.0 13 x
Across Britain, the number of children with serious but entirely preventable health problems is spiralling. For the first time in centuries many could die at a younger age than their parents. In Leeds, a quarter of all youngsters under the age of five have tooth decay and a third are obese. Follow the professionals at Leeds General Infirmary as they tackle this modern epidemic and meet the anxious parents on the frontline of a health disaster. Working hard to embrace a healthier lifestyle, thes...
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