Obesity news

This page includes links to general stories and features about healthy lifestyles and obesity. These won’t mention MEND, but are relevant to what we do.

Daily Mail (06-09-2012)

Taking sugary snacks off supermarket checkouts could help combat child obesity

Daily Telegraph (06-09-2012)

Fish oil may double benefits of exercise for elderly

Daily Telegraph (06-09-2012)

Mars turns up heat over deep fried bar

Daily Mail (06-09-2012)

2-minute workout works

The Sun (06-09-2012)

The two days on, five days off plan that could put an end to 24/7 calorie counting

Daily Mail (04-09-2012)

Mothers who smoke during pregnancy 'put children at risk later on'

The Guardian (04-09-2012)

David Buck: We need policies on public health at the centre of government

Daily Mail (04-09-2012)

Expensive organic food isn't healthier and no safer than produce grown with pesticides, finds biggest study of its kind

Daily Mail (04-09-2012)

Olympics spare junk food binge: Sales of fizzy drinks, sweets and crisps surge during the Games

BBC Newsbeat (04-09-2012)

Dietitians say extra protein can do more harm than good

Daily Telegraph (03-09-2012)

Obesity linked to poor academic performance

Daily Mail (03-09-2012)

Low calorie diet WON'T help you live longer, finds long-term study on monkeys

Daily Mail (31-08-2012)

Children with working mothers at greater risk of obesity even if father is stay-at-home parent

BBC News (31-08-2012)

Healthy living gives extra five years' life, even at age 75

Daily Express (31-08-2012)

I'm fitter than most able-bodied women says Sophia Warner