Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to tackle obesity and has himself lost weight since he was admitted to intensive care with Covid-19.
People with a BMI of over 30 are classed as obese under the system. PHE said that almost 63% of adults in England are overweight or obese. On Friday, Johnson said people should lose weight, with reports that government restrictions on advertising unhealthy foods could come next week.
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