This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46290849 By BBC Health news There are nearly 7,000 children and young adults under 25 with type 2 diabetes in England and Wales – about 10 times the number reported before, according to Diabetes UK. Its analysis of 2016-17 data found most were being treated in GP practices rather than in…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/13/researchers-discover-why-being-overweight-can-lead-to-depression By Nicola Davis at the Guardian news Having genetic variants linked to high BMI can lead to mental health issues, study finds Being overweight can cause depression, researchers say, with the effects thought to be largely psychological. While previous studies have found that people who are obese are more likely to…
This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/crash-diet-meal-replacement-lose-weight-healthy-eating-oxford-university-bmj-a8556401.html By Alex Matthews-King Health Correspondent Eating shakes, soups and meal replacement bars for three meals a day helped obese patients lose nearly four times as much weight as those told to eat healthily and cut calories, a study has found. Oxford University researchers have reported “total meal replacement” diets, which restrict participants to just 810 calories per day for eight…
This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/26/separating-fact-from-hype-in-the-study-of-cancer-and-obesity Findings of a report from Cancer Research UK about cancer in women are challenged by David Steinsaltz The recent report by Cancer Research UK (Obesity set to be bigger cause of cancer in women than smoking, 24 September) hypes a very minor and unsurprising result – that the fraction of…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45601052 By BBC Health news Obesity is set to overtake smoking as the biggest preventable cause of cancer in UK women by 2043, a Cancer Research UK report predicts. Currently, 12% of cancers in women are linked to smoking, and 7% to being overweight and obese. But with the number of…