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1970 British Cohort Study Age 51 data now available

6 March 2025

Data from the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) Age 51 Sweep are now available to download from the UK Data Service.

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Press release: Couch potato kids become – and remain – obese adults

2 May 2006

Statistics confirm that children who watch more than two hours of television a day at the weekend risk becoming obese adults. And despite health warnings, the rate of exercise has not increased among adults who are overweight as the result of inactivity.

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