<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Daily Express :: Obesity  Feed</title><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><description>Simply The Best 7 Days A Week</description><language>en-gb</language><image><link>https://www.express.co.uk</link><url>https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/logorss.gif</url><title>Daily Express</title></image><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:43:58 +0100</pubDate><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><generator>CakePHP</generator><managingEditor>news@express.co.uk</managingEditor><webMaster>news@express.co.uk</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[The UK's fattest town where 80% of adults are obese]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/285x214/2187953_1.jpg"/><br><br>Women living in the local area of Blaenau Gwent have the lowest life expectancy in all of the UK and men have the lowest in 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children are getting taller revealed by scientists]]></title><description><![CDATA[<img src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/285x214/2177506_1.jpg"/><br><br>The average height of some groups has jumped by almost 2cm in 14 years.<br><br>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:22:00 +0000</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Hanna Geissler]]></author><category>UK</category><media:keywords>Obesity, Pandemic, Health (section), Childhood obesity, Height increase, Socioeconomic disparities, Health inequalities</media:keywords><media:content url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/590x/2177506_1.jpg" type="img/jpeg" expression="full" width="750" height="445"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Children's average height is increasing for the wrong reasons]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"><![CDATA[Getty]]></media:credit></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/237x141/2177506_1.jpg" 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