Obesity is becoming more prevalent every year in countries on a Western diet, and as we export this diet to the rest of the world obesity is increasing worldwide. The body mass index (BMI) is used to define obesity, with normal BMI being 18.5-24.9, overweight being 25-29.9, and obesity being greater …
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Perhaps the best news in health is that obesity rates appear to be leveling off to children and parents. The bad news is that the level is 35%. It would…
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Public Health England (PHE) has unveiled major steps to slash calorie consumption in the UK in a bid to tackle obesity. The government's challenge to the food industry is set out in Calorie reduction: the scope and ambition for action published this week by PHE. According to the report, there are three …
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But he added: “It is not an attack on overweight folk, it is about getting more options and extending knowledge and more choices.” The call comes after PHE found that some children are eating the equivalent of an extra meal a day in calories. It has estimated that some overweight or obese boys are …
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