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What if we let our kids eat what they want? A radical new take on the weight debate

Modern parenting is preoccupied by the idea of perfection, and that includes weight. Virginia Sole-Smith, author of a brave and radical new book, talks to Rebecca Seal about why our worth shouldn’t be measured by size

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In older adults, a little excess weight isn’t such a bad thing

Millions of people enter later life carrying an extra 10 to 15 pounds, weight they’ve gained after having children, developing joint problems, becoming less active or making meals the center of their social lives.

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Global diabetes cases on pace to soar to 1.3 billion people in the next 3 decades, new study finds

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Commentary: How the government can solve America's obesity epidemic

Dying younger. Living harder. Going broke. It is difficult to overstate the longitudinal effects of excess weight in America.

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Israeli Study Challenges BMI As Measure Of Obesity, Advocates For Body Fat Percentage

Researchers find one-third of normal-weight individuals are actually obese based on body fat percentage.

Zenger

How trauma can lead to weight issues

"Promoting a trauma-informed approach to both psychiatric and physical health care is vital"

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Got milk in school? Farmers fight health advocates over the creamy ‘whole’ variety

Amanda Condo works at her family’s Pennsylvania dairy farm, but her son often won’t drink milk at school. He doesn’t like the flavor.

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How childhood trauma can lead to obesity in people with serious mental illness

People with a serious mental illness (SMI), like schizophrenia, often experience obesity. And in the UK, such people are almost twice as likely to be obese compared to those without a diagnosis.

The Conversation

Study finds how dietary restraint reduces effects of genetic risk of obesity

According to new research, persons with obesity risk genes tend to feel more hungry and lose control over their eating, but practising dietary restrictions may help to reverse this. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Did you know dietary restraint reduces effects of genetic risk of obesity? Study finds

Obesity-risk-genes">Obesity risk genes cause people to feel hungrier and lose control of their eating, although practising dietary constraints may help to reverse this. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Child obesity rates putting future of UK at risk, Tony Blair Institute warns

It has called for healthy food to be more readily available instead of unhealthy, cheaper options.

The Independent UK

The Blazing Weight-Loss Drug Battle: Can Anyone Unseat Undisputed Leaders Novo Nordisk And Lilly?

An overweight world is hungry for obesity treatments, driving big forecasts for weight loss drugs. For now, two pharmaceutical stocks own the market.

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Racial discrimination increases risk for childhood obesity: Study

According to a new study published in JAMA Network Open, children who suffer racial discrimination are more likely to have a higher BMI and a wider waistline later in life. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Prue Leith says the state must ‘sometimes’ step in to tackle child obesity

The ‘Great British Bake Off’ judge called on politicians to make a ‘really massive effort’ to deal with the issue

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What are weight loss injections and what’s the controversy?

Some celebrities are said to use the jabs.

The Independent UK

Midwife shortage and rising obesity levels straining maternity care – report

The NHS in England was short of the equivalent of 2,500 full-time midwives, the study suggested.

Daily Record

Being overweight linked to 18 types of cancers in people under 40, study finds

New research has identified a link between a huge range of cancers and being overweight during early adulthood.

Wales Online

Research shows children from deprived areas much more likely to be hospitalised with covid

New research found that children with obesity were also more likely to need hospital treatment

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UK’s soaring liver cancer death rate blamed on alcohol and obesity

Charity calls on government to do more to restrict unhealthy lifestyle choices

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Investors Seek Improved Weight-Loss Drugs With Focus On Nausea-Free Alternatives To Wegovy

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Global Pharma Has $700B For M&A And Investments – From AI To Obesity Drugs

Goldman Sachs research suggests the global pharmaceutical sector has approximately $700 billion available for M&A and investments

Daily Mirror

'New drugs could burn off excess fat and lead to obesity treatments to control diabetes'

Dr Miriam Stoppard shares groundbreaking work from the universities of East Anglia and Cambridge that could help develop medication to burn off excess calories from fat and sugar, which could combat obesity and related diseases

Daily Mirror

Obesity is linked to FIVE new cancers - check to see if you are at risk

Researchers from the World Health Organisation discovered obese people aged between 18 and 40 were at risk of 18 different cancers, including leukaemia and non Hodgkin lymphoma

Dynamite News

Study reveals widely consumed vegetable oil leads to unhealthy gut

High use of soybean oil has been associated with obesity and diabetes, as well as autism, Alzheimer's disease, anxiety, and depression. Read further on Dynamite News:

Wales Online

Scientists find mistake in young life is linked to 40 cancers

There is a link to breast, bowel, kidney and pancreatic cancer as well as leukaemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and bladder, head and neck cancers

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