article_snippet: Huge corporations are among those being given grants worth hundreds of thousands of pounds while NHS NHS faces a growing burden from illnesses linked to weight gain.
article_snippet: Meanwhile, the Rural Development Programme for England gave two grants in 2010 –
article_snippet: Professor Philip James, chairman of the charity’s trustees, said: ‘Some of these grants are greater than the amounts spent by local health services tackling overweight in adults and children.
article_snippet: PR business Freud Communications earns £3million a year to run crucial public-health campaigns – including Change4Life – while also working with companies including Mars, KFC, PepsiCo and Walkers crisps.
article_snippet: Health campaigners and doctors estimate there would be a fall of 33,000 in cases of stroke and heart disease and some 9,000 fewer victims of bowel cancer.
article_snippet: Health campaigners and doctors relate to England alone and the researchers estimate it would lead to savings of £300m in the cost of treating these people over the 20 years, releasing money for other patients.