EU sugar quotas and the obesity problem
The EU sugar market has long been regulated by quotas which imposed limits on production of beet sugar. However, since September 30th, production and export...
Tag: obesity
Can drugs help obese kids?
Researchers at Teesside University have been examining drug interventions for the treatment of childhood obesity and found that, although drugs have been found to aid...
Vital signs
Vital signs have long been used by doctors to decide if we are fit and well, or if our bodies are struggling with underlying ill...
Gut flora need fibre
Amended by the author 06/07/2016 The activity of our gut bacteria plays an important role in supporting good health and may hold the key to combating...
Sugar tax is a cheap gimmick
The obesity crisis has now become so severe that it is causing misery, ill health and using up huge amounts of NHS resources. I expect...
Burning to be slim
Demand for weight loss solutions is growing, driven by the rising number of people who are clinically obese (with a BMI of over 30) and...
Icelandic Health Symposium: Obesity and Diabetes
Despite decades of public dietary guidelines devised to optimise human health, the world is now facing an unprecedented global epidemic of obesity and diabetes; threatening...
Free speech vital in statin debate
I recently returned from a whistle-stop tour of Australia where I gave a series of public lectures arguing that excess sugar consumption leads to chronic...
The cost of diabetes hits 825 billion dollars a year
The cost of diabetes hits 825 billion dollars a year, according to new study, according to a team of scientists from Imperial College, London, in collaboration...
Longing for a healthy heart?
Men and women of the future will be feeling the effects of age-related health problems later in life, according to the Office for National Statistics....
