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What's the craziest/stupidest diet you've ever been on - and did it do any good? Let me know your crazy story cos I'm compiling a list for a book on the truth behind dieting and weight loss and you could be in it! Write to me at anne@buddypower.net.
Children who suffer chronic ear infections are more likely to become overweight because the infections damage their taste buds and change their food preferences, new research suggests.
(19-08-2008)
In an effort to help people maintain healthy weights and still enjoy good food, scientists have created a genetically modified form of wheat that has fewer calories compared with other varieties
(16-08-2008)
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) welcomed the Government's calls for all health charities, retailers, the health profession and community action groups to join in a national campaign to tackle obesity in the United Kingdom
(15-08-2008)
Norwich scientists have been awarded nearly half a million pounds to fund a major research project to help improve the diets and health of people across the UK.
(15-08-2008)
No California restaurant will be able to serve foods containing a harmful form of fats called trans fats, under a bill signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(14-08-2008)
Switch off the television if you want your teenaged child to be healthy. Teenagers are piling on weight and suffering from high blood pressure, thanks to long hours in front of the television.
(13-08-2008)
Irish hotels prepare over five million meals for children each year and have a significant role to play in helping the fight against childhood obesity in Ireland,
(12-08-2008)
UK scientists studying the genetics of obesity in children found that FTO, a known obesity gene, also had an effect via the regulation of appetite,
(11-08-2008)
From September this year, parents of children who have been weighed and measured at school could automatically receive their child's results in a bid to get parents to be more aware about healthy lifestyles, and help their children achieve a healthy weight, Health Minister Ivan Lewis announced.
(11-08-2008)
The live-in school — the first of its kind in the UK — will take youngsters aged 11 to 18 who are at least nine kilos (20lb) over their ideal weight and who have had dieting problems for a year or more.
(08-08-2008)
Projects aiming to tackle obesity and help workplace wellbeing have not been set up, despite being announced in January, it has been noted.
(06-08-2008)
...beginning to notice a lot of this in the USA - where they have had many people lose a lot of weight fairly quickly after surgery.Oprah has done several programmes about it called...
My body seems to have gone mad not sure whether it was the bike ride and my body is rebelling but i cannot keep any food down at all. What ever i eat imediately comes back talk about dumping it...
Well it's been a while since I was on here, weight loss going well and nearly at target weight now. It's been a long hard 15 months! If I tried to carry the weight I've lost round in a...
hi all, cant believe its already 15 days since i had my op, where does time go?!!!been okay, finding it harder to find things for me to eat than i thought i would but getting there slowly!! been...
I lost one and a half kilos on the pre-op diet not a great result and I suffered a morning of angst wondering whether I could actually have the laparascopic surgery if my liver hadn't shrunk...
Hi EVERYBODY I HOPE YOUR ALL DOING WELL ON YOUR DIETS . I WAS AT THE DOCTORS YESTERDAY AND GOT WEIGHED AND I`V LOST A STONE GOD ONLY KNOWS HOW BUT ITS OFF .AND I`M FEELING GREAT OVER IT .GOOD LUCK AND...
I just want to shout from the rooftops that my son, Barrie got his exam results today! -- he got 11 GCSE's - 8 were a C and above so i am soooo proud of him. He will be starting College in Sept doing...
Just wanted to say i have lost another 2lb overnight... really happy :) if this goes on ill be at mytarget weight by october haha, i doubt im that lucky though, and i think my band may have slipped...
hi everyonei am home from visiting my new grandson who is gorgeous!i am feeling really well apart from the tiredness that comes on mid afternoon.i am eating blended foods and managing fine.my tongue...
This morning I thought I would weigh myself 'cos tomorrow is gonna be a mad mad day....more about that later....and since last Friday I've lost 6lbs O! M! G! !!! I thought I'd got some restriction but...
I have been on my 3 day of liquids after my first fill and I am soooooo tired. Is everyone else like this I wonder? I have been taking a nap when my toddlers do. I am not actually that hungry...
It's been a bit of a rough year for me, I cancelled a holiday because I had to have surgery but I'm really fed up with this grey dismal summer and I'm ok to travel now so I'm off to...
Yes thats right everyone i am very fed up !! Have bin for my monthly weigh in today and very gutted to find that only 2 lousy pounds have come off this month !! WHY????I almost feel sorry for the...
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What's the craziest/stupidest diet you've ever been on - and did it do any good? Let me know your crazy story cos I'm compiling a list for a book on the truth behind dieting and weight loss and you could be in it! Write to me at anne@buddypower.net.
Children who suffer chronic ear infections are more likely to become overweight because the infections damage their taste buds and change their food preferences, new research suggests.
In an effort to help people maintain healthy weights and still enjoy good food, scientists have created a genetically modified form of wheat that has fewer calories compared with other varieties
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) welcomed the Government's calls for all health charities, retailers, the health profession and community action groups to join in a national campaign to tackle obesity in the United Kingdom
Norwich scientists have been awarded nearly half a million pounds to fund a major research project to help improve the diets and health of people across the UK.
No California restaurant will be able to serve foods containing a harmful form of fats called trans fats, under a bill signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Switch off the television if you want your teenaged child to be healthy. Teenagers are piling on weight and suffering from high blood pressure, thanks to long hours in front of the television.
Irish hotels prepare over five million meals for children each year and have a significant role to play in helping the fight against childhood obesity in Ireland,
UK scientists studying the genetics of obesity in children found that FTO, a known obesity gene, also had an effect via the regulation of appetite,
From September this year, parents of children who have been weighed and measured at school could automatically receive their child's results in a bid to get parents to be more aware about healthy lifestyles, and help their children achieve a healthy weight, Health Minister Ivan Lewis announced.
More people are being diagnosed with diabetes in Devon as figures for obesity continue to grow
SENIOR council directors have blamed a Government healthy eating initiative on the falling number of children eating school dinners.
A health expert has issued a grim warning to a 15-year-old girl who weighs 33st.
The live-in school — the first of its kind in the UK — will take youngsters aged 11 to 18 who are at least nine kilos (20lb) over their ideal weight and who have had dieting problems for a year or more.
SOUTH Australia will lead the fight for a national ban on trans fats to eliminate the unhealthy substance from the Australian diet.
Projects aiming to tackle obesity and help workplace wellbeing have not been set up, despite being announced in January, it has been noted.
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