A new campaign has been launched to tackle the lack of awareness that surrounds sugary drinks and health conditions.
Liverpool drinkers are being encouraged to lose weight through cutting back on alcohol.
Britons are cutting the number of calories they buy and spending less on nutrition, but are replacing the shortfall with more fatty foods.
More people will be entitled to gastric band surgery to tackle the obesity problem in Liverpool.
Merseyside hospitals have collectively invested £300,000 on bariatric beds to cope with the rise in obese patients.
A damning new report that highlights obesity in the UK as well as how to tackle it has been produced.
