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Heavy drinking 'increases bowel cancer risk'
In addition to warnings over the increased risk of cancer that can result from eating an unhealthy diet and smoking, scientists have said that drinking heavily can increase a person's risk of bowel cancer by around ten per cent.
According
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Diabetes drugs 'raise heart failure risk'
Drugs regularly used to treat type-two diabetes could double a person's risk of suffering heart failure, new research has suggested.
A review of previous studies involving more than 78,000 patients was carried out at Wake Forest University
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Weight fluctuations between pregnancies 'dangerous'
Two senior obstetricians have warned that gaining or losing weight between pregnancies can have major health implications for an unborn baby.
Writing in the British Medical Journal, Dr Jennifer Walsh and Professor Deirdre Murphy refer to
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Pregnant women 'unsure about diets'
Many pregnant women are unsure of what to include and what to cut out of their diet while they are carrying their baby, according to a new study.
Some 60 per cent of women surveyed by children's food company Organix said they were unsure
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Obesity 'a social problem'
A US study has found that social networks have a significant influence on levels of weight gain.
Researchers from the Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego, studied over 12,000 people over a period of 32 years
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More 1% fat milk in foods 'could benefit consumers'
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has encouraged food manufacturers and retailers to use one per cent fat milk as an ingredient in their products and said that such a change could be of benefit to consumers.
Investigations carried out by the
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Heavy-drinking men 'should eat more fish'
Men who drink heavily should eat more fish than other people as they could be lacking in essential fatty acids (EFAs), a new piece of research has revealed.
EFAs are an important part of a healthy diet for any person and, while they mostly
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Both diet, regular soft drinks 'linked to heart disease'
Research has suggested that regular consumption of soft drinks can heighten the risk of heart disease, regardless of whether the beverage is diet or regular.
According to US scientists, who published their results in the Journal of the
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Many schoolgirls 'skipping meals to lose weight'
A substantial proportion of girls in school are skipping meals, according to a major new report, with a determination to lose weight one of the factors thought to be boosting the trend.
In a survey carried out by the Schools Health
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Middle-class children 'more likely to be overweight'
Children from middle-class families are more likely to be overweight than those from families with lower incomes, according to new research.
In a study carried out by the Institute of Child Health at University College London and Great
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'Cheap food' culture coming under threat
The 'cheap food' culture could be about to come to an end as increasing pressures on food supply are likely to push prices up, according to the National Farmers Union (NFU).
Peter Kendall, president of the union, told BBC Radio 4's Farming
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Wider choice of foods 'fuelling allergy rises'
The proportion of children with allergies is currently on the rise in the UK and one of the major reasons for this is the broad choice of foods that consumers are currently faced with, it has been claimed.
According to figures received by
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