obesity

Our sugar problem could be solved by counteracting it after we’ve eaten it, as stomach ‘sponges’ and fibre-making enzymes head to market https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/24/sugar-elimination-stomach-sponge-fibre-enzymes-monch-monch The Observer Society Section article written by Zoe...

Estimate includes £63bn cost to people affected, £19bn cost to NHS and £15bn cost to society... Britain’s weight problem costs almost £100bn a year, analysis suggests, prompting calls for a government crackdown on unhealthy food and a drive to promote fresh ingredients...

Apologies if this info already appears on the forum, but as newly diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes forum newbie, I am also posting to publicly thank and show gratitude to the amazing work done by Diabetes UK Northern Offices AKA "Our Friends In The North" who have immense knowledge, tips and sage...

"Doctors have been warning of the health risks from sugar for almost 400 years. Here’s how we still ended up consuming so much of it..." - Author Pen Vogler...

Open question from newbie currently taking Metformin every day as prescribed by GP - what do people managing diabetes currently think about the supplement Chromium Picolinate which claims to lower blood glucose levels and curb cravings/suppress appetite similarly to Metformin? Has anyone here...

Hello all, I’m in desperate need of information. My disabled brother was taken into hospital with blood glucose of over 70...not US levels, our levels. I believe we almost lost him. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Any help most appreciated. Mitch

COVID-19, Diabetes, Obesity, Weight loss,, Low carb and lots more On you tube right now and (a 2 day conference) LIVE STREAMING starting with a local Dr, Dr Unwin, talking about losing weight with the low carb diet, and talking about it. Its effects on type 2 diabetes. And much more. 70 plus of...

Globally, an estimated 1.9 billion adults and 380 million children are overweight or obese. According to the World Health Organization, more people are dying from being overweight than underweight. Researchers at Concordia are urging health authorities to rethink their approach to obesity. In...

One in four people over-65 in Britain are clinically obese, shocking NHS figures reveal. Now experts are calling for the sugar tax levied on fizzy drinks to be extended to help stem the epidemic. Tam Fry, chairman of the National Obesity Forum, said lack of exercise as well as sugary foods...

Obesity affects approximately 40 percent of Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While obesity is known to be associated with increased risk of other health conditions -- such as heart disease, diabetes and gastrointestinal diseases -- less is known about...

I caught the start of this program the other day and pressed record as I had to go out. Tonight I watched it. Although it is mainly about the super-sized diabetes is a strong thread through it. It brought up many of the issues related to diabetes but aggrevated further by weight problems. These...

obesity epidemic[/a] in the UK has been descried as “the new smoking” by NHS bosses who say the number of people who get cancer due to their weight is set to double. NHS researchers have said that obesity will be responsible for 36,800 new cancer diagnoses per year by 2030. This would be a 100...

Obesity -- as research in the past decade has shown -- is first and foremost a brain disease. Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München, partners in the German Center for Diabetes Research, have now discovered a molecular switch that controls the function of satiety neurons and therefore body...

Diet replacement programmes made up of low-calorie soups, shakes and regular counselling should be a recommended NHS treatment for obesity, a BMJ study says. People on the diets lost three times more weight than those given standard dietary advice by their GP, University of Oxford researchers...

A team of researchers, led by Professor Jan-Wilhelm Kornfeld from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Elena Schmidt from the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne, Germany and Martin Bilban from the Medial University, Vienna...

A weight-loss pill has been hailed as a potential “holy grail” in the fight against obesity after a major study showed it did not increase the risk of serious heart problems. Researchers say lorcaserin is the first weight-loss drug to be deemed safe for heart health with long-term use. Taken...

When I saw the photograph I could scarcely believe it was the same country. A picture of Brighton beach in 1976, featured in the Guardian a few weeks ago, appeared to show an alien race. Almost everyone was slim. I mentioned it on social media, then went on holiday. When I returned, I found that...

At the American Diabetes Association's 78th Annual Scientific Session, MD Mag spoke with Murray Stewart, MD, the executive vice president and head of research and development at Novelion Therapeutics, about his research into the hormone leptin—a major player in appetite and metabolism, with much...

New laws to ban shops from offering special “two for the price of one” deals near supermarket checkouts for food high in sugar, fat or salt are to be introduced in an attempt to ease an obesity crisis that has made the UK the most overweight nation in western Europe. Ministers will also announce...

Around two to six per cent of all people with obesity develop obesity already in early childhood; it's in their genetic cards. Obesity-causal mutations in one of their 'appetite genes' gives them a strong genetic predisposition for developing obesity, also called monogenic obesity. Their...