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Children more likely to die as babies and obesity epidemic: The challenges faced by infants in Oldham

A series of reports has painted a grim picture of the challenges faced by children growing up in the borough

Manchester Evening News

London’s Olympic boroughs among worst for childhood obesity in England

London’s Olympic boroughs have seen childhood obesity rates soar to some of the highest in the country in the decade since the Games, analysis by the Evening Standard reveals on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Babies Breastfed For A Year Or More Better Protected Against Obesity In Adulthood

By 12 months the United Kingdom has the lowest rates of breastfeeding in the world - just 0.5 percent.

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Recap Of Friday's Biotech Catalysts - End Of The Day Summary

Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) received European Medicines Agency (EMA) Positive CHMP Opinion recommending approval for Opdualag (nivolumab and relatlimab) for treatment of patients with Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma based on results from the Phase 2/3 RELATIVITY-047 trial. Bristol Myers shares traded in a range of $72.48 to $73.61 on a…

Benzinga

Rhythm Has Tripled In A Week And Quintupled Since May — Here's Why

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals has announced a steady drumbeat of good news for its obesity treatment, leading RYTM stock to triple in a week.

Investors Business Daily

Recap of Wednesday's Biotech Catalysts - End of The Day Summary

Benzinga

Army tells House panel of enormous personnel shortfalls - Roll Call

Factors include a tough recruiting environment, signs of declining morale among servicemembers, obesity and lack of education among recruits.

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Meet Mo Fit: The Somali trainer fighting obesity in Mogadishu

Mohamed Abdi, popularly known as Mo Fit, says he wants to change what Somalis see as the ideal body image.

Al Jazeera

Sharks face obesity crisis as they get larger and fatter than ever, experts say

As well as getting bigger, the deadly beasts are even ganging up to feed rather than being in competition with each other, according to experts

Daily Mirror

A new ‘miracle’ weight-loss drug really works — raising huge questions

Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy uses a hormone to regulate hunger. It’s wildly effective, but is it misguided?

Financial Times

The top health benefits of switching to a vegetarian diet

One diet has been found to be highly effective in reducing the risk of cancer, heart disease and even obesity.

Daily Record

Obesity: neither genetics nor social background is a very good predictor of your body weight – new research

There’s long been a debate about whether genetics or the environment people are raised in is the biggest cause of obesity.

The Conversation

Obesity and later motherhood pose threat to falling rates of death in pregnancy

Researchers said age, being overweight and complications all increased risks for pregnant women.

The Independent UK

Big Winners: Being Overweight Can Be An Advantage For Gaming Competitions

Obese people are more prone to impulsive behavior, such as over-eating, and that trait can boost performance in eSports.

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The Hindu

Obesity clinic at Kuttiyadi taluk hospital a big draw

It is a first-of-its-kind facility in the government sector in Kozhikode district

Zenger

Formula For Fear: Infant Formula Use Triples In Ten Years As Obesity And Tooth Decay Spike

"Unnecessary specialized formula use increases free sugars consumption, so may promote dental decay and obesity."

Bangkok Post

Funding the fight against NCDs

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, lung disease, diabetes, obesity and mental disorders, are often chronic and develop over a long period. Collectively, NCDs account for about 70% of all deaths globally (and 60% of deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa, where they account for over 55% of hospital admissions…

The Hindu

Number of undernourished people in India declines to 224.3 million; obesity among adults on the rise: U.N. report

There are more obese adults and anaemic women in the world’s second most populous country, according to the U.N. report

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Nottingham Post

Worrying new study claims 1 in 3 adults in Nottinghamshire are obese

Ashfield is the worst-affected district

The Conversation

Healthy eating: children think their peers eat more unhealthy snacks than they actually do – changing this perception can lead to better diets

Obesity is a growing problem among young people in the UK. In 2020-21, 40.9% of year six children (age 10-11) were measured as overweight or obese. Research shows that childhood obesity increases the likelihood of living with obesity as an adult.

Daily Mirror

Weight loss: Lifestyle changes and medication could could lead to 10% drop in weight

Recent research has found that lifestyle changes combined with weight loss medications may help lead to a 10 percent drop in weight - andoffer significant health benefits too

Wales Online

Allowing your child to get fat no different to allowing them to smoke, claims fitness guru

Nick Mitchell says people are frightened to tell the truth about childhood obesity in case they cause offence

The Independent UK

Child obesity is a form of abuse, fitness guru claims

Junk food and the internet has created a’perfect storm’, gym boss Nick Mitchell said.

Wales Online

Covid vaccines found to work well no matter how much you weigh

People in the underweight and obese groups are still at significantly higher risk, though

The Conversation

COVID vaccines work well for people of all body weights – but underweight and obesity remain risk factors for severe disease

Since the pandemic began, more than 6 million people have died from COVID around the world. The good news is that we now have a wide range of treatments as well as highly effective vaccines which have helped reduce the number of severe COVID cases.

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