{"id":381,"date":"2018-04-06T08:31:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T08:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/medical-centre\/?p=381"},"modified":"2018-04-06T08:33:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T08:33:17","slug":"childhood-obesity-importance-early-interventions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/medical-centre\/2018\/04\/06\/childhood-obesity-importance-early-interventions\/","title":{"rendered":"Childhood obesity &#8211; the importance of early interventions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"559\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-382 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/medical-centre\/files\/2018\/04\/Clipboard02.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Health inequalities start very early in life. By the time of school reception year (4-5 years of age), children from the most deprived areas of England are twice as likely to be obese as children from the most\u00a0affluent areas. 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