Fire service experts are having to attend more and more emergency cases in which people with chronic obesity cannot move for themselvesFirefighters are having to rescue record numbers of people suffering from chronic obesity who are unable to move independently, according to new figures. More than 900 times in the past year firefighters with special slings and other equipment had to attend such an emergency, sometimes having to knock through windows and walls to get people out safely. The figures, obtained by BBC Radio 5 Live, showed an increase from 709 cases in 2012-13 to 944 in 2015-16. Tam Fry, spokesman for the National Obesity Forum, said that the problem was becoming worse as obese people got larger, adding: “This is…

Source: The Times September 19, 2016 07:52 UTC