Former Fat Families host Steve Miller says lockdown is to blame for a surge in child obesity in Britain. It comes following a report suggesting tens of thousands more children are growing up obese, costing the UK an eye-watering £8.7bn. Rates of obesity shot up by 45 per cent during 2020-21 among four to five-year-olds, while it increased 21 per cent among 10 to 11-year-olds, according to a report in The Telegraph. The increases were seen amid school closures and repeated lockdowns. According to Miller, lockdown was detrimental for the health of young children. “This Government did not do a co…
