School’s out and we’re off to FAT CAMP
I wanted to cry at the end of this article. It is all about obese teenagers who are spending this summer at fat camps in the UK (such camps have been around in the US for years). The reason I wanted to cry is because the advice that they are being given in the camp [...]
Read more »Obese mothers ‘at ten times the risk of having obese daughters’
This story was widely reported everywhere on Tuesday – I woke up to see the story on BBC Breakfast news. The study was conducted in Plymouth and the findings were published in the International Journal of obesity. 226 families were studied, which some other researchers have cautioned is a small number. The key conclusions were: [...]
Read more »Nancy Sorrell – What I ate this week – Daily Mail
I love these celeb interviews on what they eat during a typical week mainly because they enable us to blow apart the calorie theory. (This is the statement: To lose 1lb of fat you need to create a deficit of 3,500 calories). Working on the basis that an average woman needs 2,000 calories a day [...]
Read more »Keep-fit boom fails to stem obesity
A verbatim extract from the article: The boom in the fitness industry has done little to curb the obesity epidemic, according to leading academic researchers. A University of Leicester study has shown that while gyms and private health clubs have grown in popularity in recent years, the nation’s weight has grown too. The researchers argued [...]
Read more »Obesity: Deadlier than smoking
A verbatim extract from the article: The foresight report, written by 250 leading scientists, says Britain’s obesity crisis is so severe that it would take at least 30 years to reverse. If current trends continue, by 2050 about 60 per cent of men, 50 per cent of women and 25 per cent of children in [...]
Read more »Diets damage your health
A verbatim extract from the article: “The world’s largest study of weight loss has shown that diets do not work for the vast majority of slimmers and may even put lives at risk. More than two thirds pile the pounds straight back on, raising the danger of heart attack, stroke and diabetes. Indeed most dieters [...]
Read more »Blame the junk food – Bad diet, not lack of exercise, is behind child obesity crisis
A verbatim extract from the article: “Poor nutrition is the cause of obesity in children, not lack of physical exercise, a scientist claimed yesterday. Professor Terrence Wilkin said the crisis was being caused by larger portion sizes of unhealthy foods. His research undermines the government’s strategy to cut child obesity by focusing on more sports [...]
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