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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

The Independent UK

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

Some celebrities are said to use the jabs.

The Independent UK

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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.

The Independent UK

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.

Daily Record

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

Wales Online

Factors that are causing higher incidence of Diabetes type 2 in children

We are witnessing an increasing number of cases of type 2 diabetes in children, particularly among adolescents aged 12-18 years. Although type 2 diabetes has traditionally been more prevalent in older adults, there has been a concerning rise in its occurrence among children and adolescents in recent years. According to…

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

Zenger

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

Zenger

'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

Daily Mirror

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:

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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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The Independent UK

Being overweight ‘linked to 18 cancers’ in under-40s

Adults are encouraged to keep their weight at normal levels to help ward off various different cancers

The Independent UK

Excess weight in under-40s ‘linked to 18 cancers’ – study

Adults are encouraged to keep their weight at normal levels to help ward off various different cancers.

The Guardian - UK

London theatre show’s cake poster falls foul of junk food ad rules

Theatre boss calls TfL decision ‘ridiculous’ after poster found to breach rules aimed at tackling obesity

Wales Online

'Why the Welsh Government is bang on to impose their restrictions on meal deals'

People have got very angry about it but it is a sensible policy to combat a real crisis

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Scientists call for obesity to be renamed to improve treatment

‘Adequately addressing the disease requires distinguishing it clearly and unambiguously from high BMI’

The Hindu

Four new CSIR-CFTRI’s technologies released in Mysuru

In the last seven decades, the Mysuru-based CSIR-CFTRI has developed nearly 400 technologies and over 4,500 licencees’ commercialised several technologies that were transferred to them by the premier institute.

Tribune News Service

Lisa Jarvis: Eli Lilly’s new weight-loss drug is even better than Ozempic

New data from an experimental drug being developed by Eli Lilly & Co. raises an intriguing question about obesity treatments: How low can the weight loss go?

Fortune

How drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy work for weight loss: 'Food tastes good, but I don't want it'

The mental distraction of feeling compelled to eat gets quieter.

Inverse

Doctors Want to Get Rid of This Controversial Health Metric — But Will It Actually Work?

A new policy creates an important opportunity to review the current use of BMI in healthcare settings.

Chronicle Live

All over 40s in England to be sent health test for them to take at home

It has been claimed that each test will save 20 minutes of NHS time and will help reduce heart disease and obesity

Liverpool Echo

Michael Mosley shares three foods to 'avoid' if you want to lose weight

He also hit out at two types of foods he believes "could be to blame for the obesity crisis"

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