Are we wrong to focus on sugar to try to tackle obesity?
This week’s story didn’t make a big impact. I spotted it on a left hand side page (p22) in one
Read MoreThis week’s story didn’t make a big impact. I spotted it on a left hand side page (p22) in one
Read MoreI rarely send out press releases, but it’s not every day that you get the chair of the UK National
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Read MoreSaturday November 14th was World Diabetes Day. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) defines diabetes as follows: “Diabetes mellitus, or simply
Read MoreI remember attending an obesity conference in Liverpool in 2009 arranged by the Association for the Study of Obesity. One
Read MoreSeven years! On Friday 17th July 2015, a report was issued by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN). This
Read MoreThere’s a BBC 1 series going on at the moment: The truth about… The first episode was about sugar; the
Read MoreI don’t know where to start to report on last week’s conference. It was one of the best weeks of
Read MoreLast week sugar was back in the news. Two aspects, of the same misunderstanding, caught my attention… The first was
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