The average weight for a toddler around the age of 18 months should be around 10kg at the most.  Yet Dr Swati Karandikar, at an Obesity Clinic in a Birmingham hospital, in the UK, is treating a toddler of 15 months weighing in at a hefty 20kg.  While Dr Karandikar admits the problem may turn out to be due to a hormone imbalance, or a genetic problem, but, on the face of it, the child appears to be Obese.  This problem extends throughout the full range of childhood, with the Obesity Clinic having treated a 158kg teenager, aged just 15 years old.  While this situation is extremely sad, it is also extremely expensive, costing the NHS £7.4 billion per year.
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