Forty-seven per cent of Year 6 pupils in Knowsley, Merseyside, are classed as either overweight or obese - nearly twice the levels logged in leafy areas like Surrey and Richmond-upon-Thames.
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The health watchdog has pointed a finger of blame at politicians for failing to reduce population salt intakes since 2014, the year the food industry was voluntarily encouraged to follow the Government’s previously successful salt reduction programme.