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At first it seems like a paradox on our plate - a study has found the French adopt a shoulder-shrugging attitude to reading nutrition labels on food while Americans scrutinise the calorie content.
"Michelle Underwood knows only too well the agony of failed diets. The 36-year-old mother-of-three from Woking, Surrey, has seen her weight yo-yo from 11st to 19st repeatedly over the past decade, as a succession of diets initially worked, then failed spectacularly — leaving her heavier and more desperate than ever. "
"Drinking, smoking and carrying extra weight can all influence when a woman goes through the menopause, suggests a new study."
"The chef and campaigner attacks rules that allow academies to ignore nutrition guidelines"
"In the 10 years since opening his Fifteen restaurant, Jamie Oliver's campaigns have gone global. But his passion to improve British schools remains. 'There's an obesity epidemic. And the coalition are doing nothing'"
"A mother has spoken of her anger after her active four-year-old daughter was branded obese by NHS bosses - despite weighing just 3st 7lb."
"A fat tax could raise money and help get people eating more healthily, says a director at the University of Oxford.
Health promotion research group director Mike Rayner said at least a quarter of British adults are obese, and that is costing the health services billions of pounds of year every year."
"Organisations representing nearly every doctor in the UK have united in a single campaign to tackle rising levels of obesity.
The campaign will start by reviewing the case for fat taxes, promoting exercise, restricting food advertising and other measures."
"Doctors have hit out at the Coalition's obesity strategy today as they launched a campaign to tackle Britain's junk food problem.
The body that represents every doctor in the country said there was a 'huge crisis waiting to happen' because measures to tackle the fat problem are failing."
"What do you see when you look at these pictures? People who are overweight?
Well, according to their Body Mass Index (BMI) scores, they all are. "
"Britain's first super-sized clinic designed especially for obese patients has opened.
The private clinic has doors 50 per cent wider than normal and toilets and sofas that can support a weight of 50st."
"When her middle-aged body began to give way Angela Hindle had to accept an uncomfortable truth – she was fat, not the eat-anything beanpole she'd previously been... "
"We must educate children properly about nutrition if we are to stand a chance of altering the statistics on obesity"
"Major food and drinks firms fuel crisis with irresponsible marketing, claim doctors, who call for ban on fast-food sponsorship deals"
"The head of Sony Pictures has suggested that cinemas should offer healthier snacks to help fight obesity and give audiences a broader range of food choices, rather than popcorn, fizzy drinks and chocolate. "
"David Smith looked at the photo of himself holding his newborn daughter, Emma, and winced. The former rugby player had weighed in at a respectable 15st for his 6ft 2in frame, until a ruptured Achilles tendon had forced him to leave the Army. He'd since slowly piled on the pounds and now, 12 years later, weighed nearly 20st. "
"Overweight? It might not be a lack of self-discipline that’s your problem, but too much bad bacteria in your gut.
Growing evidence suggests these bacteria boost appetite, which may explain why some people struggle more with weight gain than others. "
Evaluates the safety and effectiveness of revisional bariatric surgery at a tertiary institution. Revisional bariatric operations for unsuccessful weight loss or intolerable complications following the primary intervention are increasing. This article finds that while revisional bariatric surgery is associated with higher risk of perioperative complications compared with the primary procedures, it appears to be safe and effective when performed in experienced centers.
"Two morbidly obese 14-year-old boys have become the youngest people in Britain to receive £7,000 gastric band surgery on the NHS.
The boys underwent the surgery after they both ballooned to more than 18st - double the average weight of boys their age."
"Being given sweets and cakes by your grandparents is an age-old part of childhood.\n\nBut a study has suggested gran and grandad are perhaps being a little too generous with the biscuit tin. "
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