Experts have voiced concerns over the significant presence of industry figures on the UK government’s new Food Strategy Advisory Board, after it emerged that 50% of its membership represented food ...

The UK government’s tepid response to the House of Lords Food, Diet, and Obesity Committee report on the obesity crisis is concerning,1 particularly its refusal to exclude food companies from policy ...

The figures, from NHS England, cover all patients with a diagnosis of obesity, meaning their excess weight was deemed to have fuelled their health issue. And they include 11,221 cases where ...

This includes around 28 percent who are obese (with a BMI of 30 or more), double the percentage figure in 1990, when obesity affected just 14 percent of British adults. More than 10 percent of ...

A mom's smoking also increased their kid's risk of adult obesity by 60% to 80% ... researchers analyzed data on nearly 11,500 ...

(Pp 258; £29.99.) Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1999. ISBN 0-632-05298-8. The report of the British Nutrition Foundation Task Force on obesity is a very important document. It is a pity therefore that it ...

Environment is also a factor when it comes to obesity. A lack of parks and outdoor spaces in certain areas may prevent some ...

Some dogs, like Labrador retrievers, are prone to obesity. Scientists have investigated the genetics of British Labrador retrievers and found several obesity-linked genes that were then also ...

Understanding the genetics of Labrador retriever obesity may help dog owners mitigate their best friend’s weight gain.

A group of five genes was found to be the culprit in British Labrador Retrievers ... Ultimately, the researchers say preventing obesity in dogs still comes down to good ol' exercise and diet ...

A mom's health and lifestyle choices can affect her kids' risk of obesity as adults ... 11,500 children who participated in an ongoing British study of kids born on a single week in March 1958 ...