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An alarming increase in obesity among children is due to their increasingly lazy lifestyle, according to a study.

The number of officially obese six-year-olds has doubled in the last ten years…

THE FULL scale of the amount of junk food eaten by children is revealed today.

More than 60 per cent regularly eat crisps after school, with only one in…

Children are fatter than ever before, official figures showed yesterday.

Almost a third of youngsters between two and 15 are overweight, including one in six classed as clinically obese.

This reflects a…

A shocking new report has revealed that 10 per cent of children worldwide are overweight or obese.

The findings have prompted a health expert to call for urgent action to tackle…

Almost half of all adults are carrying dangerously high levels of cholesterol, the hidden killer which clogs the arteries and causes heart disease.

The figure is just one in a series of shocking…

Obesity could cause as many cancers as smoking, health experts warn today.

Cancer Research UK say Britain’s obesity epidemic is the biggest risk to health.

They say millions of people are putting…

Food and drink cause as many as 80,000 cases of cancer each year in the UK, researchers warned today.

A third of the cases could be blamed on obesity and over-consumption…

There’s nothing new about children blaming their parents for everything imaginable. But, as far as body fat is concerned, new research confirms that weight problems really do run in the family.

Recent…

Scientists have found a gene that could explain obesity.

They say it gives the people carrying it a bigger appetite and makes them more likely to overeat.

The discovery is the…

“Big food” is threatening public health and adding to the growing obesity epidemic in the UK, increasing the risk of cancer and other diseases, campaigners said today.

Trends in larger “Americanised” portion sizes,…

Many parents and children do not recognise that they are obese, and being overweight is increasingly seen as “the norm”, research showed today.

A study of 300 families found that mothers and fathers…

A fresh attempt to help tackle childhood obesity through legislation is being launched today.

Debra Shipley MP is due to present a Private Member’s Bill in the House of Commons…

Emotional eating is the practice of consuming large quantities of food - usually “comfort” or junk foods - in response to feelings instead of hunger. Experts estimate that 75% of overeating is caused by emotions.

Usually obesity is the result of overeating, but in rare cases (about 1%) excess weight gain is a symptom of another disease.

These can include:

A person with a binge eating disorder consumes a large amount of food within two hours, and does it often. Having a binge eating disorder means being unable to control the amount of food consumed.…

Traditional weight loss methods include low-calorie diets that allow between 800 to 1,500 calories a day and encourage regular exercise. However, an alternative method that moderately to severely obese people may consider for significant,…

Over-the-Counter Diet Pills:
Commercials for weight-loss drugs show how easy it is to lose weight if you just pop one of their magic pills. And some of us believe the commercials. According to…

During any one year, over half of Americans go on a diet to lose weight. For many people, it is difficult to lose more than a few pounds and few succeed in remaining at…

Why Is it Important to Reduce Fat Intake?

High fat intake contributes to excess body weight, since a gram of fat has about twice as many calories per gram as carbohydrates and proteins.

Whether…

Any diet can work in the short run. But what your best choice if you want to keep the weight off? Here are the pros and cons of different types of diets.

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