Really? How strange that we've had almost 400 children through our pre-school in the last ten years and not a single one entered their reception class obese. Indeed, a fair few could have done with a bit more cake! The one-in-five statistic has been 'out in the wild' for a couple of years now and is often quoted in the media, on BBC's 'Panorama' and ITV's 'Too Fat to Toddle', for instance. But it's pure fiction.
I complained to the Department of Health about this almost two years ago. They replied, admitting that 'It is a typographical error and should read "two-15".' However, although they informed me that the Department was 'in the process of doing a reprint' and would 'make the change in both the hard copy and online electronic version', the last time I looked it was still uncorrected.
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