obesity Related News
Blueberry muffins contain more sugar than a can of cola
Campaigners have called for less sugar and clear nutrition labelling after new analysis shows that blueberry muffins sold in UK supermarkets contain up to...
Questionable obesity paradox challenged in new study
The idea that it might be possible to be overweight or obese but not at increased risk of heart disease, also known as the...
Teenage obesity risk doubles with exposure to junk food adverts
The risk of teenage obesity doubles if the individual remembers seeing a junk food advert every day compared to those who couldn’t recall any...
UK government to cut 20% of calories in popular foods
In a bid to tackle childhood and adult obesity, Public Health England (PHE) and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) are taking...
70% of millennials to be overweight or obese by middle age
More than 70% of millennials are expected to be overweight or obese by middle age, according to new research by Cancer Research UK.
Millennials are...
The fight against obesity and Type 2 diabetes
A collaboration between the University of Cambridge's Nanoscience Centre and MedImmune is taking great strides towards safer and more effective treatment of obesity and...
Obesity – feeding the body or the mind?
Professor Dr Kerstin M Oltmanns of the University of Lübeck opens a new perspective on the epidemic of 2.2 billion overweight people
Obesity is a...
Strong link to cancer and ultra-processed foods
New research from the Universite Sorbonne Paris Cite, France, suggests there is a substantial link between the consumption of ultra-processed foods and risk of...
Is the Paleolithic diet key to preventing risk of cardiovascular disease?
A study from Umeå University, Sweden, has revealed that a Paleolithic diet can help manage weight loss in the long term, as well as...
Bariatric surgery prolongs life more than a lifestyle change
A new study has found that obese patients who had bariatric surgery had a lower rate of death compared to those who had opted...
A lesson on lipoedema
Sharie Fetzer, the chair of Lipoedema UK, tells Health Europa Quarterly about the charity’s efforts to raise awareness and boost diagnosis of the little-known...
Review confirms sugar-obesity link
Recent studies on the consumption of sugary drinks have found further proof that a regular intake leads to obesity in children and adults.
The...