New draft guidance on lifestyle weight management services
Draft guidance on lifestyle weight management services available to help overweight and obese people to achieve and maintain a healthier weight
All posts tagged: Obesity
An important and overlooked consequence of climate change
The population health risks linked to such temperature changes include increased morbidity and mortality due to infectious disease outbreaks and exposures to air pollution.
Exercise has little effect on rising obesity
As physical activity in the US increased so did the percentage of the population considered obese.
Fact or Fiction
‘50% of what we are taught is wrong, the challenge is to work out which 50%’
Cheese comes from plants and fish fingers are made of chicken
A large proportion of children believe that cheese comes from plants and that fish fingers are made from chicken.
Doctors call for tax on all sugary soft drinks
UK medical professionals have set out their recommendations for tackling obesity
Government ‘turning its back’ on school sport
The UK Government has been accused of “turning its back on school sport” and undermining the Olympic legacy six months after the Games.
Social networks use may reduce self-control
Feeling good about oneself after being on facebook can actually have a detrimental impact on behaviour by momentarily lowering one’s ability to say no.