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New research shows it’s impossible to be fat but fit. What does this mean for gyms?
HCM issue 7 2017
Despite the American Medical Association’s decision in June to classify obesity
as a disease, a study has shown that obese people can be perfectly healthy in
terms of cholesterol and blood pressure levels, showing no apparent signs of
impending diabetes.
news •
10 Oct 2013
Research into twins shows some obese people can still be healthy
HCM issue 11 2013
A new study has shown that severely obese people can reduce the risk of atrial fibrillation
with
exercise.
news •
24 Aug 2018
Three quarters of British men will be overweight or obese by 2030 because of
current levels of inactivity and poor diets, according to a study conducted by the
UK Health Forum with the World Health Organisation's Regional Office for
Europe.
news •
30 May 2014
A leading leisure industry medical advisor has said doctors need to ditch
concerns about hurting obese patients’ feelings and be more proactive in
prescribing exercise and weight management programmes.
news •
11 Apr 2014
People who have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or over fit into one of six groups
according to a new study by the University of Sheffield, providing evidence that the one-
size-fits-all weight loss programmes currently available to obese people are not effective
for everyone.
news •
21 Apr 2015
Health experts have debunked the idea that people can be overweight but medically fit,
according to
a study which is being presented at the European Congress on Obesity.
news •
17 May 2017
Health messages and pictures of what a healthy and unhealthy BMI look like
should be combined, according to researchers who believe that as the rest of
the global population’s obesity levels rise, we may all lose sight of what a
healthy body actually looks like.
news •
15 Sep 2014
Obesity is a disease which cannot be reliably prevented or cured with current
frontline methods, according to a feature published in The Lancet.
news •
13 Mar 2015
New research published as part of the government's National Child Measurement Programme has revealed that more than one in five children in the UK are starting school overweight or obese.
news •
14 Dec 2009
Healthcare charity Nuffield Health has unveiled its new 'UK fitness map', which
has found that people living in Bloomsbury and Wimbledon, London are the
healthiest in the country.
news •
01 Nov 2011
The average obese woman gets just one hour of vigorous exercise a year,
according to a recent study.
news •
25 Feb 2014
A recent study has shown obese people on a six-day diet of reduced fat intake lost an
average of 463g of body fat – 80 per cent more than obese participants who reduced their
carbohydrate intake, whose average loss was 245g.
news •
17 Aug 2015
Looking at images associated with overweight or obese people can influence a person’s
sense of smell, according to a study. The more negatively someone feels towards the
obese image, the worse he or she will tend to rate a particular scent.
news •
23 Mar 2015
At least one of the vaccines approved for use against COVID-19 could be less effective in obese
people,
according to a new study.
news •
10 Mar 2021
Bacteria in the human gut could play a vital role in determining who is obese
and who is lean, leading to the possibility of creating new treatments to fight
obesity, according to a study published in the journal Science.
news •
08 Sep 2013
Physical exercise can increase life expectancy by up to 4.5 years according to
US research from the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes
of Health.
news •
21 Nov 2012
The percentage of US adults who are obese increased in 2014 to reach 27.7 per cent – up
from 27.1 per cent in 2013 and 25.5 per cent in 2008, according to the Gallup-Healthways
Well-being Index study.
news •
30 Jan 2015
Around 12,000 cases of cancer each year are caused by people being
overweight or obese, according to a new study published in the Lancet medical
journal.
news •
14 Aug 2014
Workplace equipment supplier Slingsby is one of many product companies to have recently launched a
range of bariatric products in response to rising demand from organisations across all industries -
including leisure and sport - to modify their premises in order cope with UK's obesity crisis.
news •
01 Mar 2013
Official figures from the Department of Health show that an increasing number of boys and girls under the age of 11 are now obese.
news •
29 Apr 2005
Local councils in England have warned that government cuts to public health funding could
thwart efforts to tackle obesity.
news •
18 Jul 2016
People with obesity have a significantly lower number of neurotransmitters dedicated to
generating pleasurable sensations than people of a normal weight, according to a study,
which could explain why they have difficulty restraining their eating.
news •
06 Mar 2015
A pilot programme to tackle the issue of obesity in children diagnosed as either overweight or clinically obese has been a success in Northern Ireland.
news •
11 Apr 2006
Independent mental health hospital Capio Nightingale in London has launched a
dedicated weight
management and obesity service. The psychological treatment programme will
aim to offer a non-
surgical, sustainable treatment to address the root causes of overeating.
news •
24 Jul 2013
There is a relationship between long-term exposure to three specific types of family
stressors and children becoming obese by the time they turn 18 years old, according to a
new study – which suggests the scope of school-based obesity prevention programmes focusing on dietary intake and physical activity may require widening.
news •
17 Apr 2015
Nearly two-thirds of adults in England are overweight or obese, according to
data from the government’s public health agency which sheds new light on the
country’s growing obesity crisis.
news •
05 Feb 2014
Obesity could have an impact on how smart we are, after research
conducted on mice showed how fat levels may potentially cloud cognitive
processes.
news •
08 Aug 2014
Food addiction can scientifically contribute to the severity of obesity levels in the
general population, with a higher rate of addiction possibly contributing to
weight gain in women, a new study published by PLoS ONE has found.
news •
26 Sep 2013
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Now mental health is the number one reason for people to join a
health club, do fitness professionals need a grounding in counselling
to offer a more holistic service? Kath Hudson asks the experts
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