article_snippet: It comes as new figures this weekend revealed hundreds of babies are being born clinically obese every year.
article_snippet: Since 2011, 1,403 newborns have been classified as obese - weighing 9lb 15oz or more, a Freedom of Information request revealed.
article_snippet: Last year Last year emerged that West Midlanders are the second fattest group in the whole country, with NHS England figures revealing 65.7 per cent of people are overweight or obese.
article_snippet: New figures released in January Last year highlighted the worrying news that almost four out of 10 children in Birmingham are  officially classed as overweight or obese by the age of 11.
article_snippet: Responding to figures revealing a rise in obese newborns, Tam Fry, of the National Obesity Forum, said that although some mothers suffer from medical conditions, which increase the size of the baby, most just overeat.
article_snippet: He said: 'Quite simply, the number of pregnant women who are obese at the start is increasing. '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 also suggested that the number of women having caesareans was increasing due to the increasing size of women babies.
article_snippet: Mr Fry said: 'Some babies are so fat
article_snippet: Professor Monty Duggal, head of paediatric dentistry at Leeds Dental Institute, who regularly operates on obese children to remove decayed teeth, said it was ‘a matter of national shame that we have these health problems when we are a wealthy, developed nation.