Lifelong Health for Children

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Achieving Lifelong Health for Children

Childhood obesity is one of the most serious global public health challenges of the 21st century.

Will you help combat childhood obesity?

The issue

We are heading towards the first generation of children who will die younger than their parents. Childhood obesity is one of the most serious global public health challenges of the 21st Century, affecting 155m children worldwide. In the UK, the number of overweight children doubled in the 1990s. A third of UK children are at risk of obesity and it costs the country £4.2bn a year.

We need to act now to prevent a catastrophic global epidemic of chronic obesity-related diseases such as Type 2 diabetes and premature death.

Our solution

Brown adipose tissue – which burns energy rather than storing it as fat – plays a crucial role in the fight against obesity. Our Early Life Nutrition Research Unit is at the forefront of ground-breaking international research into managing brown adipose tissue using nutrition, exercise, and environmental and therapeutic interventions. Additional funding will allow more innovative approaches to be researched, developed and introduced across the globe.

Our impact

Our work will improve the health of children worldwide and help stem the predicted global epidemic of chronic obesity-related diseases, easing the massive burden on the NHS and other healthcare providers. Our work will reduce morbidity and mortality in the UK and worldwide.

What will your Impact be?

Your support for Achieving Lifelong Health for Children will have a genuine impact on our ability to help prevent children suffering long-term obesity-related health problems such as Type 2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke and liver disease.

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