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Projects working to tackle childhood obesity to share more than £750,000

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Projects working to tackle childhood obesity have been awarded more than £750,000 of cash from the Scottish Government.Public health minister, Maree Todd, said the cash, which is being split between eight initiatives, would help ensure youngsters can have “the best start in life no matter where they live”.The schemes, which all work to encourage good nutrition among young families, will receive a total of £759,000.That will see the Thrive Under 5 project benefit from £269,344 to help with its work among families with pre-school children in some of Glasgow’s most deprived areas.It comes in the wake of figures showing 23% of Primary 1 children in Scotland were at risk of being overweight or obese – with 10% specifically at risk of obesity.Cam

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