4 d. ago As a GP who was obese with a BMI of 41, I know how cruel the world is to overweight women. Cut

Judging from the numbers I'm seeing, the black market for weight-loss jabs isn't small-scale. This is a massive operation.

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1 week ago Scientists reveal men who were obese as children may be less well endowed

Vietnamese scientists, who assessed almost 300 men, discovered those who were classed as obese as children suffered shorter growth and were less endowed as adults.

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1 week ago Experts reveal how many steps women should walk to ‘cut risk of early death by 26%

Benchmarks such as needing to walk 10,000 steps every single day are wrong, researchers said

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2 w. ago Starting HRT years before menopause could cut health risks for women – study

Researchers said further studies were needed but they hoped the findings can ‘start a larger conversation about prevention in women’s health’.

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2 w. ago What next for Kaye Adams? Star faces an uncertain BBC future after being taken off

The veteran presenter has been removed from her BBC Radio Scotland show - a role that earns her a healthy £155,000 per-year salary - following unsavoury allegations that she bullied her co-workers.

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2 w. ago So are YOU 'obese' without realising? Find out if you'd classify as dangerously overweight under new rules with our tool

Under the current rules, a body-mass-index (BMI) score of 18.5 to 25 is healthy, 25 to 29 is overweight, and 30 or above counts as obese - the point at which the risk of serious illness soars.

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2 w. ago Dramatic increase in American adults who meet a new definition of obesity: ‘This is astounding’

Obesity linked to more than 40 diseases including certain cancers

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2 w. ago Almost 70% of US adults would be deemed obese based on new definition, study finds

Medical experts have called for new way to more accurately measure obesity, although definition has yet to be adoptedAlmost 70% of adults in the US would be deemed to have obesity based on a new definition, research suggests.The traditional definition of obesity, typically based on having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater, has long been contentious, not least as it does not differentiate between fat and muscle. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Women could cut risk of serious brain condition with HRT says study

Research from a 77-year-old study has revealed that menopause and its treatments could have a major health impact

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3 w. ago ‘I wanted to write more than I wanted to have children’: author Sarah Perry on rejecting motherhood

When the novelist was faced with the decision of whether to pursue fertility treatment or focus on her career, her literary ambitions kicked inFifteen years ago, having said all my life that I never wanted a baby, that I couldn’t fathom why any free woman would do such a thing to her body and her mind, I suddenly and passionately wanted a child. I remember where I was when this feeling, so heretical to me, arrived: it was early morning in London, and having come down Fleet Street on my way to work, I was standing at the till of a newsagents to pay for a Diet Coke, a flapjack and a pack of Silk Cut. There were no children there and no pregnant women; nothing had been said or done to change my mind. It had simply landed on me, and more or less immediately – because I’ve never known how to control an impulse, and because I was 30, which seemed to me then a great age – my husband, Robert, and I set about trying to have a child.When for s...

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4 w. ago PEORA London Blue Topaz Engagement Ring for Women 925 Sterling Silver, Natural Gemstone, 2 Carats Princess Cut 7mm, Comfort Fit, Sizes 5 to 9

PEORA London Blue Topaz Engagement Ring for Women 925 Sterling Silver, Natural Gemstone, 2 Carats Princess Cut 7mm, Comfort Fit, Sizes 5 to 9  The San Joaquin Valley Sun

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4 w. ago Loose Women set for another huge shakeup as stars face 'tough times' amid bloodbath

ITV daytime shows are set to get a huge shakeup next year as the teams merge behind the scenes and Lorraine and Loose Women get their time on air cut down

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