The slowdown in life expectancy improvements... highlights the urgent need for stronger action on the root causes'

The expanding waistbands of the English public have left the nation lagging behind other European countries when it comes to life expectancy, a study suggests. Experts have called for urgent action to help people get healthier, with poor diets and coach potato lifestyles partly to blame, researchers suggested.

Bulging waistlines are partly to blame for England experiencing the biggest slowdown in life expectancy across Europe since 2011, experts say. A study found life expectancy for older people was still rising in many countries,