Wednesday, 1 May 2019

Obese children over a third more likely to require a hospital emergency department visit

New research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Glasgow, Scotland (28 April—1 May) reveals that obese children are over a third more likely to require a hospital emergency department visit than their normal weight counterparts. The research was conducted by Taimoor Hasan of the Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK, and colleagues.

* This article was originally published here