Can governments nudge away obesity?
Executive summary * Behavioural scientists generally, and an organisation called the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) specifically, played a significant role
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Obesity
What do Americans eat?
Executive summary * On Independence Day, we’re looking at what Americans eat. * An official (United States Department of Agriculture)
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Weight loss vs fitness for health risks
Executive summary * A paper has just been published, which examined the benefits of increasing fitness and physical activity vs
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Energy compensation & adiposity
Executive summary * A paper was published in August 2021, which generated the headline "Exercise reduces the number of calories
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The Carbohydrate Insulin Model of Obesity
Executive summary * A perspective paper has just been published on the subject of the carbohydrate insulin model (CIM) of
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What should we eat?
“This magical, marvellous food on our plate, this sustenance we absorb, has a story to tell. It has a journey.
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The National Food Strategy: The Plan
Executive summary * The National Food Strategy – a complete review of England’s food system from farm to fork –
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SACN report on lowER carb diets for T2D
Executive Summary * In March 2020, SACN, the UK Scientific Advisory Committee for Nutrition, invited submissions for a consultation about
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Bariatric surgery 10 years on
Executive Summary * A study was published in March 2021, which explored, in depth, patients’ experiences of living with a
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Do we need to pay people to lose weight?
Executive Summary * A ‘new’ scheme has been launched in the UK to help people to lose weight and/or maintain
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