Epidemic...

According to the NHS, current estimates show that Manchester in a total population of 464,000 has 90,000 adults and 14,000 children that are obese. The figure for adults is expected to rise to 137,000 by 2015 with an additional 168,000 overweight adults by that time. The outcome of this will be an increasingly unhealthy population, in all age groups, unable to make the most of their lives at work, home and play.