Sugar tax cash won't be spent on health

Irish Examiner-12 hours ago

Health campaigners have expressed disappointment that revenue from a sugar tax on sugary drinks will not be ringfenced to fund initiatives to tackle obesity and ...

20% of pupils in 4th and 6th class are overweight

Irish Examiner-12 hours ago

Children in disadvantaged communities are becoming overweight and obese as they get older, despite the problem levelling off in the wider childhood ...

The world's heaviest woman flies to Abu Dhabi for treatment

Pulse Headlines-12 hours ago

Eman Ahmed, an Egyptian declared the world's fattest woman, was flown to Abu Dhabi on Wednesday evening to undergo treatment for severe obesity.

Exosomes derived from very obese patients' fat send wrong signals ...

Medical Xpress-13 hours ago

The research team isolated exosomes from five obese teenagers and compared them with five sex-matched lean adolescents. Turns out exosomes derived from ...

Community health lecture at library: High blood sugar, diabetes and ...

Idyllwild Town Cier-13 hours ago

Next, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, is a presentation about high blood sugar, diabetes and obesity. Topics to be examined at the lecture include: why obesity is a ...

Rethink emphasis on lowering saturated fat to save hearts

Japan Today-14 hours ago

A high ratio is linked with insulin resistance, which leads to high blood sugar and higher risks for heart disease, type 2 diabetes and obesity. Malhotra said ...

Uncle Fatty: Obese Monkey Shows Dangers of Human Food

Live Science-14 hours ago

A morbidly obese macaque who lives near a floating market in Thailand is raising eyebrows for his sheer size. At about 33 lbs. (15 kilograms), the chubby ...

UK must get tough on childhood obesity, says top doctors

The Guardian-15 hours ago

Britain must take much tougher action to tackle childhood obesity, including banning sponsorship of sports events by manufacturers of unhealthy food and drinks ...

Political will is needed to tackle obesity in the UK

The Guardian-15 hours ago

And tackling what is one of the biggest public health threats to our health and NHS sustainability – obesity – continues to be a public priority. The evidence is ...

Fighting fat with the facts

Newcastle Herald-15 hours ago

BE INFORMED: Dr Tim Wright believes treatment for obesity varies from patient to patient but if you are having difficulty keeping weight off after five years using ...