article_snippet: Hundreds of babies are being born clinically obese every year - including some weighing more than a stone.
article_snippet: As many as 1,403 newborns have been classified as obese since 2011, according to shocking figures from a series of Freedom of Information requests.
article_snippet: At just one trust nearly 400 babies born in the last four years weighed 9lb 15oz or more - the marker for an obese baby.
article_snippet: Hundreds of babies are being born clinically obese every year including some weighing more than a stone, Freedom of Information requests have revealed (stock image) Peterborough and Stamford ­Hospitals Trust also recorded 280 exceptionally large babies and another 265 arrived at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust in Warwickshire.
article_snippet: Tam Fry, of the National Obesity Forum, said that although some mothers suffer from medical conditions, which increase the size of an obese baby, most just overeat.
article_snippet: Tam Fry, of the National Obesity Forum said: 'Quite simply, the number of pregnant women who are obese at the start is increasing. '
article_snippet: the number of pregnant women who are obese at the start is thought that 82 per cent of children who are obese will continue to be overweight. '
article_snippet: As 82 per cent of children who are obese will continue to be overweight have the same kind of nutrition as 82 per cent of children who are obese will continue to be overweight parents there is  a continuous upwards spiral.
article_snippet: Successive governments have not really addressed the obesity problem.
article_snippet: the obesity problem starts at conception and sometimes even before then.'
article_snippet: Mr Fry said: 'Some babies are so fat
article_snippet: Toddlers are also being hospitalised for being obese, with 28 two-year-olds and 33 three-year-olds admitted since 2011, Laura Connor revealed in Laura Connor 
article_snippet: Childhood obesity can lead to a number of medical problems including diabetes, heart disease, strokes and cancer.
article_snippet: Tam Fry, of the National Obesity Forum, said: 'It is thought that 82 per cent of children who are obese will continue to be overweight'
highlights_snippet: As many as 1,403 newborns classified as obese since 2011 .
  