Obesity and the older population

Age and obesity are two of the most prominent risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and in combination that risk increases enormously. The National Obesity Forum (NoF) was established by medical practitioners in May 2000 to raise awareness of the growing health impact that being overweight or obese was having on patients and the NHS. Alison Bloomer talks to its chairman Dr David Haslam about obesity and the health impact on the older population.