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What's the craziest/stupidest diet you've ever been on - and did it do any good? Let me know your crazy story cos I'm compiling a list for a book on the truth behind dieting and weight loss and you could be in it! Write to me at anne@buddypower.net.
Children who suffer chronic ear infections are more likely to become overweight because the infections damage their taste buds and change their food preferences, new research suggests.
(19-08-2008)
In an effort to help people maintain healthy weights and still enjoy good food, scientists have created a genetically modified form of wheat that has fewer calories compared with other varieties
(16-08-2008)
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) welcomed the Government's calls for all health charities, retailers, the health profession and community action groups to join in a national campaign to tackle obesity in the United Kingdom
(15-08-2008)
Norwich scientists have been awarded nearly half a million pounds to fund a major research project to help improve the diets and health of people across the UK.
(15-08-2008)
No California restaurant will be able to serve foods containing a harmful form of fats called trans fats, under a bill signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(14-08-2008)
Switch off the television if you want your teenaged child to be healthy. Teenagers are piling on weight and suffering from high blood pressure, thanks to long hours in front of the television.
(13-08-2008)
Irish hotels prepare over five million meals for children each year and have a significant role to play in helping the fight against childhood obesity in Ireland,
(12-08-2008)
UK scientists studying the genetics of obesity in children found that FTO, a known obesity gene, also had an effect via the regulation of appetite,
(11-08-2008)
From September this year, parents of children who have been weighed and measured at school could automatically receive their child's results in a bid to get parents to be more aware about healthy lifestyles, and help their children achieve a healthy weight, Health Minister Ivan Lewis announced.
(11-08-2008)
The live-in school — the first of its kind in the UK — will take youngsters aged 11 to 18 who are at least nine kilos (20lb) over their ideal weight and who have had dieting problems for a year or more.
(08-08-2008)
Projects aiming to tackle obesity and help workplace wellbeing have not been set up, despite being announced in January, it has been noted.
(06-08-2008)
...beginning to notice a lot of this in the USA - where they have had many people lose a lot of weight fairly quickly after surgery.Oprah has done several programmes about it called...
Today I've been for my pre-op assessment for a gastric bypass. After months of uncertainy, I've finally got my head round major surgery and concinved myself that it's absolutly the right thing. So in...
Well I have now increased my surgery to include a tummy tuck as well as a breast reduction. Go into Princess Margaret hospital on 5th September, not long now, getting nervous
Okay today I feel I have turned a corner. I'm well on the way to recovery, I'm not frightened of my scars any more - they seem to be healing up well and most of the superglue has gone ....I have...
Finally, research to back it up, being overweight does not mean you are doomed to be unhealthy! A survey by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the US has confirmed that more than...
iv got a chest infection and iv been caughing like a lunatic for 3 days and 3 nights. Im extremely worried about my band, not sure if its going to survive all this trauma. I cant eat anything now,...
Hi everyone, I have not been on-line because I have been poorly again. Please bear with me, because writing this down might just help me. I was invited to visit a clinic called...
hi everyonehas anyone out there been using protein powders? i just noticed the high calorie content. i know i am supposed to have 60g of protein each day and can't get thta amount from foods in such...
Am the same weight i have been for last few weeks but should loss some as i have a very bad tooth arche and i am having tooth out next tuesday so not eating very much at all at mo
Yes I am back. We had a great 5 days away. Food was lovely except as my restriction is too good just now, lived mainly on Goulash Soup, and soft overcooked pasta. Last evening we...
Well, at the end of my second day back on yog-and-milk, I have observed several things:1. It's still as bloody boring as it was first time round2. I'm not as hungry as I was first time round, thanks I...
I am having my first fill on Thursday. I am excited. I wanted this done weeks ago. I am able to eat normally but smaller amounts. i just wanted to be totally...
Back to work today ! Im feeling really bug eyed today after being woke up by my alarm for the first time in what seems like ages !Im feeling really well, apart from being a little sore...
Well as with many bandsters my first fill has not left me with hardly any restriction.The swelling in my stomach goes down SO FAST!!!!!!!! Mentally I find that to be torture. I come out with my first...
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What's the craziest/stupidest diet you've ever been on - and did it do any good? Let me know your crazy story cos I'm compiling a list for a book on the truth behind dieting and weight loss and you could be in it! Write to me at anne@buddypower.net.
Children who suffer chronic ear infections are more likely to become overweight because the infections damage their taste buds and change their food preferences, new research suggests.
In an effort to help people maintain healthy weights and still enjoy good food, scientists have created a genetically modified form of wheat that has fewer calories compared with other varieties
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) welcomed the Government's calls for all health charities, retailers, the health profession and community action groups to join in a national campaign to tackle obesity in the United Kingdom
Norwich scientists have been awarded nearly half a million pounds to fund a major research project to help improve the diets and health of people across the UK.
No California restaurant will be able to serve foods containing a harmful form of fats called trans fats, under a bill signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Switch off the television if you want your teenaged child to be healthy. Teenagers are piling on weight and suffering from high blood pressure, thanks to long hours in front of the television.
Irish hotels prepare over five million meals for children each year and have a significant role to play in helping the fight against childhood obesity in Ireland,
UK scientists studying the genetics of obesity in children found that FTO, a known obesity gene, also had an effect via the regulation of appetite,
From September this year, parents of children who have been weighed and measured at school could automatically receive their child's results in a bid to get parents to be more aware about healthy lifestyles, and help their children achieve a healthy weight, Health Minister Ivan Lewis announced.
More people are being diagnosed with diabetes in Devon as figures for obesity continue to grow
SENIOR council directors have blamed a Government healthy eating initiative on the falling number of children eating school dinners.
A health expert has issued a grim warning to a 15-year-old girl who weighs 33st.
The live-in school — the first of its kind in the UK — will take youngsters aged 11 to 18 who are at least nine kilos (20lb) over their ideal weight and who have had dieting problems for a year or more.
SOUTH Australia will lead the fight for a national ban on trans fats to eliminate the unhealthy substance from the Australian diet.
Projects aiming to tackle obesity and help workplace wellbeing have not been set up, despite being announced in January, it has been noted.
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