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Suffolk-based Abbeycroft Leisure has become the latest UK-based leisure trust to announce that it will launch a budget gym concept.
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13 Jan 2011
The European Court of Justice is considering a test case which could oblige
employers to treat obesity as a disability, potentially leaving them with a duty to
make adjustments to work environments.
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13 Jun 2014
Experts have recommended that PE should be give the same status as maths,
English, science, and Welsh in schools to help tackle the obesity problem in Wales.
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25 Jun 2013
Today’s kids are the fattest, least active generation ever. How can we intervene?
HCM issue 4 2017
An independent research company has declared that claims that childhood obesity has hit epidemic levels are “mere speculation”.
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23 Feb 2005
Mencap has revealed plans to establish 27 activity hubs across England in order to get people with
learning disabilities more physically active.
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29 Jan 2019
Confining meals to a 12-hour window and fasting for the remainder of the day
makes a significant difference to whether fat is stored or burned up by the body,
according to a study.
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03 Dec 2014
Around a quarter of preventable cancers in the United States are thought to be
impacted by people either being obese or overweight, or being physically
inactive, according to the American Association for Cancer Research's new
cancer progress report.
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19 Sep 2014
Combining aerobic exercise with resistance training could prove to be the most
effective answer to the growing problem of teenage obesity, according to a new
study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics.
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24 Sep 2014
The UK is the fourth worst country in the world for cancer caused by obesity in
men, a recent study has discovered.
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03 Dec 2014
Disruptions in the way the brain links memory and appetite could explain some types of obesity, new research shows
HCM issue 9 2023
A pioneering Danish health scheme that enforces a series of strict lifestyle
changes is being touted as a potential solution to the global childhood obesity
epidemic.
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10 Nov 2014
People aged 40 living with Type 2 diabetes face a "disproportionately increased risk of dying
from COVID-19" – equivalent to the risk faced by a non-diabetic 20 years older.
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17 Feb 2021
The 12th International Congress on Obesity, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is
now underway, with the event’s first day seeing the publishing of a number of
leading pieces of research.
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18 Mar 2014
An inactive lifestyle increases the risk developing kidney or bladder cancer, according to a
US study.
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30 May 2017
Contrary to current health advice, being overweight cuts the risk of dementia – according
to an analysis of nearly two million British people in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
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13 Apr 2015
Aston Villa players Thomas Sorensen and Craig Gardner have opened a new gym for children to tackle childhood obesity.
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01 May 2007
Health experts are calling for greater wellbeing services to be made available for would-be
mothers, amid findings that children born to overweight mothers are at greater risk of
health problems in later life.
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17 Feb 2015
Diabetes, Oliver Patrick, Jenny Patrickson, John Morgan, Nikki Joule, Neil King, NHS, Kath Hudson
HCM issue 6 2016
An NHS body has told obese patients to lose weight or face delays in having non-emergency
surgery, arguing that eating healthily and taking exercise can make a ‘real difference’ to the
results of operations.
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29 Nov 2016
Harry Macmillan, chief executive of children's charity MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition... Do it!) has called for a more collaborative approach to address child obesity in the UK.
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20 Sep 2011
David Cameron has outlined plans for tough new measures that could see obese people on
sickness benefits have their income cut if they refuse treatment for the condition.
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16 Feb 2015
Exercise has the ability to improve brain function in previously sedentary, overweight
individuals.
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18 Jul 2019
Obesity and depression are underlying causes for regular excessive daytime sleepiness
(EDS) – not just a lack of sleep, according to a study by Penn State College of Medicine.
This means sleep medicine needs to be personalised as the standard approach of sleeping
pill prescriptions and more sleep will fail in the long-term.
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26 May 2015
Obese people have an increased risk of developing 13 types of cancer – and the threat is greatest in
developed nations with sedentary populations.
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09 Jan 2019
Disruptions in the way the human brain links memory and appetite could help explain
some
disorders associated with obesity.
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26 Sep 2023
The brains of overweight people could be 10 years older than those of their leaner counterparts, say scientists from Cambridge
HCM issue 11 2016
GP referrals for weight management and physical activity programmes are failing to curb
obesity, researchers have claimed.
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17 Jul 2015
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued new guidelines on sugar consumption
that say adults and children from most countries in the world should roughly halve the
amount of sugar they eat to lower the risk of obesity and tooth decay.
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05 Mar 2015
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Consumers’ growing love of strength training is to be welcomed, as this long-neglected modality has a renaissance, however, it’s vital we continue to make the case for cardio
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