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Newfoundland and Labrador made history in September as the first Canadian province to implement a sugar-sweetened beverage tax. Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes also exist outside of Canada, including in Mexico, Philadelphia, Penn. and the United Kingdom. In Newfoundland and Labrador the tax amounts to 20 cents per litre of sugar-sweetened beverage.

Shorter sleepers were also more likely to have a combination of other unhealthy characteristics including excess fat around the middle, elevated blood pressure, and abnormal blood lipid and glucose levels. Read on for details:

Obesity or being overweight can give light to several health complications such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and certain cancers, which are collectively known as metabolic syndrome. But did you know that some people can be obese, but not have these health problems at all? This type of…

Scientists warn that 57 percent of adult Americans' energy intake now comes from ultra-processed foods. 

CHICAGO — Like many moms, Asmita Patel has struggled to find time to exercise in recent years.

Eliza Bartlett, who lives with type 1 diabetes, has waited two years for alert dog, Sal.

Adolescents who sleep less than eight hours a night are more likely to be overweight or obese compared to their peers with sufficient sleep, according to new research. Read on for details:

The surgery cares for more than 4,000 patients

Dr Anna Pearce said the “widening of inequality” in some areas of children’s health was “worrying”, particularly as the financial situation for many families is expected to worsen.

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler acknowledges a "very challenging" situation as diabetes patients are prioritised amid a global shortage of two popular drugs.

Reports of a diabetes tsunami are hiding a key part of the picture. There’s a good reason the numbers are increasing.