Over 700,000 hospital admissions in England linked to obesity: NHS

LONDON, May 8 (Xinhua) -- More than 700,000 people were admitted to hospital in England last year for problems linked to obesity, the British National Health Service (NHS) said Wednesday.

The figures, up 15 percent over the previous year, sparked a call from the NHS England chief executive, Simon Stevens, for stronger curbs on junk food.

Data from NHS Digital showed there were 710,562 hospital admissions in 2017-18 in which obesity was a primary or secondary cause.

In London, there were 2,450 patients admitted to hospitals where obesity was the primary cause of ill health, the NHS said.