The EU sugar market has long been regulated by quotas which imposed limits on production of beet sugar. However, since September 30th, production and export restrictions have been lifted as part of the Common Agricultural Policy reforms. European sugar groups are now able to produce and export as much as they want. Traders have already […]
Researchers at Teesside University have been examining drug interventions for the treatment of childhood obesity and found that, although drugs have been found to aid weight reduction in older children, more work is needed to determine their efficiency and safety. Latest figures show that over one fifth of reception children are overweight or obese and […]
Vital signs have long been used by doctors to decide if we are fit and well, or if our bodies are struggling with underlying ill health. A weak pulse, a high temperature or low blood oxygen can point to underlying medical problem like infection, heart disease, asthma and kidney problems. Increasingly, however, a booming industry […]
Amended by the author 06/07/2016 The activity of our gut bacteria plays an important role in supporting good health and may hold the key to combating the growing obesity crisis. We already know from multiple studies that bacteria in the gut produce a compound called propionate when they break down dietary fibre. Some people’s gut bacteria […]
The obesity crisis has now become so severe that it is causing misery, ill health and using up huge amounts of NHS resources. I expect the Government to deal with this in a sensible and rational way rather than come up with cheap gimmicks like a sugar tax. Results show that 61.7 per cent of […]
Demand for weight loss solutions is growing, driven by the rising number of people who are clinically obese (with a BMI of over 30) and the insistent desire for the all-important thigh gap on social media. Our celebrities are expected to bow to the mantra that size zero is not just desirable but required. Beautiful […]
Despite decades of public dietary guidelines devised to optimise human health, the world is now facing an unprecedented global epidemic of obesity and diabetes; threatening to bring the modern health care system to its knees. In this same era we have seen radical changes in the food environment of the Western world. Processed food has […]
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I recently returned from a whistle-stop tour of Australia where I gave a series of public lectures arguing that excess sugar consumption leads to chronic conditions such as type 2 diabetes and obesity. It was great to get an opportunity to appear on national TV, talking to Emma Alberici, host of Lateline on Australian Broadcasting […]
The cost of diabetes hits 825 billion dollars a year, according to new study, according to a team of scientists from Imperial College, London, in collaboration with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The World Health Organisation and nearly 500 researchers across the globe, have estimated that the cost of diabetes has hit 825 billion dollars […]
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Men and women of the future will be feeling the effects of age-related health problems later in life, according to the Office for National Statistics. Women of the future, on average, will have 64 years to enjoy unfettered good health, although men will have a little less time with the ‘best of health’ coming to an end […]