3 d. ago Junk food overtakes smoking and alcohol as main cause of ill health in teenagers

A new Lancet study shows obesity and mental health problems are now the biggest problems facing younger people as half a billion teens across the globe are predicted to be overweight by 2030

Society

3 d. ago Half a billion young people will be obese or overweight by 2030, report finds

Health of adolescents worldwide has reached a ‘tipping point’, authors of Lancet commission analysis warnAlmost half a billion adolescents worldwide will be living with obesity or overweight and 1 billion at risk of preventable ill health by 2030, according to an international report.While adolescent mortality has declined by more than a quarter over the past two decades, comprehensive analysis of global data calculated that in five years, at least half of the world’s 10- to 24-year-olds will be living in countries where preventable health problems such as HIV/Aids, early pregnancy, depression and poor nutrition pose a “daily threat to their health, wellbeing and life chance”. Young people’s health has reached a “tipping point”, the authors warned. Continue reading...

Politics

4 d. ago Half of British adults should be able to get their hands on fat jabs through the post, says Tony Blair

Researchers at the Tony Blair Institute have called for the eligibility criteria for the drugs to 'drastically lowered', making them available to people who are overweight but not yet obese.

Politics

6 d. ago Two in three adults could be obese by 2050 World Heart Report warns

More than 800 million people are said to be living with obesity globally

Events

7 d. ago Two in three adults could be obese by 2050, according to world heart report (EMB Sat 17th 00:00)

More than 800 million people are living with obesity globally, world heart report highlights

Politics

2 w. ago Weight loss jabs could boost UK economy by £4.5 BILLION by getting people back to work

The UK economy could receive a boost of more than £4 billion by helping people considered obese access weight loss jabs to get back to work, with four million people said to be eligible

Economics

2 w. ago England is in the grip of an obesity crisis as almost two thirds of adults now dangerously overweight

Nearly a two-thirds of adults were overweight, with an extra 260,000 people entering that category last year. More than a quarter - an estimated 14 million people - were obese.

Events

2 w. ago Rise in local areas in England with at least a third of adults obese

West Lindsey in Lincolnshire had the highest proportion of people aged 18 and over living with obesity in 2023/24.

Politics