Experts reveal the good and bad news about Britain’s obesity rates – and the role weight loss jabs will have

The UK remains mostly in the top 10 countries among high-income western nations for obesity rates, researchers said ...

Weight-loss jabs are slowing obesity crisis after soaring for 40 years, say experts

WEIGHT-loss jabs will help to stem the tide on obesity, experts say. Rates of the disease are slowing after soaring for 40 ...

Obesity rates in Britain mean lift capacity limits could be 'unsafe’ - study shows

Lift capacity signs are based on ‘outdated assumptions of the weight of the average Brit’ - and mean lifts are getting stuck ...

How weight loss jabs have changed the battle with obesity

GLP-1 weight loss jabs have become one of the biggest medical stories of the decade. About 100 million people are on them ...
Imperial College London

Obesity rates levelling off and even declining in many nations, says global progress report

A new analysis of global obesity trends since the 1980s reveals rising levels of obesity have slowed, stabilised and possibly ...

Getting fat? Blame long hours in the office, say scientists

International research across 33 OECD countries finds a reduction in working hours linked to a drop in obesity rates ...
News Medical

Obesity treatment in the UK could become a "two-tier system", experts warn

Treatment for obesity in the UK could become a "two-tier system" where the most vulnerable patients miss out altogether. Obesity experts from King's College London and the Obesity Management ...
Personnel Today

Longer working hours linked to obesity

One per cent reduction in working hours associated with a 0.16% decrease in obesity rates, according to global research.

Healthy life expectancy gap between rich and poor has widened, study finds

Poor housing, obesity and the effects of deprivation have been suggested as underlying causes of the fall.