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MORE THAN HALF OF AMERICAN CHILDREN SET TO BE OBESE BY AGE 35, STUDY FINDS
Between 1990 and 2010, obesity among children grew 60 percent, according to the Harvard TH Chan School of Medicine... READ MORE›
BRITAIN SIXTH FATTEST NATION IN THE WORLD
This is a rise from 10th place since the research was carried out two years ago, when UK obesity rates stood at 24.9 per cent... READ MORE›
MILLIONS EITHER MALNOURISHED OR OBESE IN GLOBAL NUTRITION CRISIS, STUDY SAYS
The Global Nutrition Report is an independently produced annual analysis of the state of the world's nutrition... READ MORE›
$640M PLEDGED AS THIRD OF WORLD MALNOURISHED
Donors have pledged an extra 640m ?490m to reduce the serious burden of malnutrition, which affects one in three people in the world... READ MORE›
U.S. OBESITY PROBLEM IS NOT BUDGING, NEW DATA SHOWS
Overall, obesity figures stayed about the same About 40 percent of adults are obese and 18.5 percent of children... READ MORE›
PLUS, COMPLAINTS FROM OBESE HOSPITAL PATIENTS, WESTJET SWOOPS IN AND EQUIFAX'S APOLOGY
Instead, Equifax Canada is offering complimentary credit monitoring for a year for those affected... READ MORE›
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NO SUCH THING AS 'FAT BUT FIT', MAJOR STUDY FINDS
Susannah Brown, senior scientist at World Cancer Research Fund, said the study's finding, emphasise the urgent need to take the obesity epidemic seriously... READ MORE›
WHY ARE FEWER AMERICANS TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT?
Increasing obesity and overweight trends probably result in 'new normals,' said Rockney, who was not involved in the new paper... READ MORE›
'DAILY MILE' CRAZE IN BRITAIN HOPES TO TACKLE NATIONAL OBESITY CRISIS
LONDON -- Torriano primary school in north London doesn't have lush green grounds or an outdoor running track or a leafy campus quad... READ MORE›
2 BILLION PEOPLE ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE GLOBALLY, STUDY SAYS.
Among the 20 most-populous countries, the highest level of obesity among children and young adults was in the U.S., at nearly 13 percent ... READ MORE›
JUNK FOOD SHORTENING LIVES OF CHILDREN WORLDWIDE, DATA SHOWS
The World Obesity Federation, which compiled the data, predicted that number would rise to 4.1 million by 2025... READ MORE›
TEST FITNESS AT PRIMARY SCHOOL, SAY HEALTH CAMPAIGNERS
Children at Montpelier school stand up and use their arms in class... READ MORE›
GPS IN ENGLAND 'UNCONFIDENT' DISCUSSING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WITH PATIENTS - REPORT
More than half of doctors said they had not had any training about encouraging patients to undertake physical activity... READ MORE›
SMOKERS AND OBESE PATIENTS FACE MORE CURBS ON NHS SURGERY
People will be waiting longer and longer in pain and discomfort for surgery such as hip and knee replacements, said Jonathan Ashworth, the shadow health secretary... READ MORE›
CHILDHOOD OBESITY LINKED TO IRREGULAR SLEEP AND SKIPPING BREAKFAST
The study, led by academics from University College London, challenges the widely-held view that soaring childhood obesity rates are caused solely by overeating... READ MORE›
ONCE UNDERFED, BRAZIL'S POOR HAVE A NEW PROBLEM
Once underfed, Brazil's poor have a new problem obesity... READ MORE›
MEDITERRANEAN DIET 'AS EFFECTIVE AS STATINS' IN REDUCING HEART ATTACK RISK
Leading doctors call on medical bodies such as Nice to do more to promote healthy lifestyles rather than relying on cardiovascular drugs... READ MORE›
BEING OVERWEIGHT - NOT JUST OBESE - KILLS MILLIONS A YEAR, SAY EXPERTS
The lowest obesity rates were in Bangladesh and Vietnam, where they were just 1 percent ... READ MORE›
GPS SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT OFFENDING OBESE PATIENTS, FINDS STUDY
More than three-quarters of patients said yes to weight-loss programmes in trial of 30-second intervention by doctors... READ MORE›
SMOKING AND DRINKING AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AT LOWEST LEVEL ON RECORD
Stubbornly high rates of obesity also reflected wider social attitudes, she said... READ MORE›
'IF THINGS GO WRONG, I DRAW A LINE UNDER IT AND MOVE ON'
However, when people learned to be kinder to themselves they quickly got back to healthy eating, lost weight and kept it off... READ MORE›
UK NEEDS TO PERFORM THOUSANDS MORE OBESITY OPERATIONS, SAY SURGEONS
Looking at the science of obesity today, it is inconsistent with the evidence to conceive of obesity as a lifestyle choice, he said... READ MORE›
OKLAHOMA: THE US CITY THAT WENT TO WAR ON OBESITY
Oklahoma The US city that went to war on obesity... READ MORE›
OBESITY EXPERTS CALL FOR STRICTER RULES ON JUNK FOOD ADS TARGETED AT CHILDREN
Children's poor nutrition worldwide including in the UK leads to stunted growth as well as obesity... READ MORE›
CHILDHOOD OBESITY: MAY GOVERNMENT DILUTED PLANS, CLAIMS DISPATCHES
Childhood obesity uk's 'inexcusable' strategy is wasted opportunity, say experts... READ MORE›
OBESE WOMEN MORE LIKELY TO HAVE BABIES WITH SERIOUS BIRTH DEFECTS, SAYS STUDY
Severe obesity confers excess risk for so many other negative outcomes for pregnancy pre-eclampsia, diabetes, still-birth, he said... READ MORE›
THE 1 MINUTE WORKOUT: HOW TO GET FIT IN 60 SECONDS -- STUDY
New research from McMaster University says that all you need for a 'significant' health benefit from your exercise is just one minute of your time... READ MORE›
NUTRITION EXPERTS ALARMED BY NONPROFIT DOWNPLAYING ROLE OF JUNK FOOD IN OBESITY
Its website claims the group wants to be the voice of science in research on obesity... READ MORE›
FRENCH CHILDHOOD OBESITY TRENDS DOWNWARD AS GLOBAL RATES RISE
In the US, where obesity is considered a national crisis, rates among children have stabilised for the first time in decades... READ MORE›
NEW ZEALAND BATTLES OBESITY EPIDEMIC AS THIRD FATTEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
A New Zealand Medical Association report calls the soaring obesity rates a public health crisis ... READ MORE›
MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF ALL AMERICANS NOW OBESE OR OVERWEIGHT
The new data follows on from a major survey between 1988 and 1994 that brought the issue of obesity into sharp focus... READ MORE›
COMMENT: WHY IT WAS EASIER TO BE SKINNY IN THE 1980S
Old Economy Steve worked his way through college because tuition was 400... READ MORE›
THAILAND'S MONKS ARE PUT ON DIET AND FITNESS REGIME AMID 'OBESITY TIME BOMB'
Although there has been disagreement about measures of obesity, the increasing challenge of overweight monks is not in doubt... READ MORE›
HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT AND GAIN MUSCLE -- FAST
The high protein group was able to gain muscle mass... READ MORE›
HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT AND GAIN MUSCLE -- FAST
The high protein group was able to gain muscle mass... READ MORE›
BRITISH NURSE CURED OF EBOLA CREDITS NEW DRUG
Cpl Cross joined the Army reserves in 2013 and now plans to return to military fitness ... READ MORE›