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NICE: 'Healthy diet and exercise cuts risk of type 2 diabetes'
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued guidelines on the best ways to avoid developing type 2 diabetes.
Included in the recommendations are calls for the establishment of environments that encourage
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Weight awareness campaign aims to 'Stop the Spread'
Safefood, an organisation responsible for the promotion of food safety in Ireland, is launching a weight awareness campaign entitled Stop the Spread in light of research which showed that 61 per cent of the Irish population is … read more.
Liposuction does not last, research reveals
Fat removal as a result of liposuction is only temporary, according to researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
The research, which was published in the journal Obesity, revealed that when fat is removed using the
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Private Practice star shuns diets
Grey's Anatomy actress Kate Walsh has admitted that she shuns diets in favour of eating healthily.
The star of Private Practice said that she is careful to eat the right foods as it is important to her both as an actress and a
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Obesity linked to depression,study shows
Researchers from the University of Tasmania have revealed that girls who are overweight and continue to be obese adults are twice as likely to suffer depression.
The study, which examined data from 1135 girls over a 20 year period revealed
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Research reveals obesity is catching
Researchers at Arizona State University have revealed that people are more likely to be obese if they have friends and family who are also severely overweight.
The study, which was published in the American Journal of Public Health,
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Seeing the overweight encourages overeating
Researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder have revealed that looking at overweight people can make people choose unhealthy foods.
The study showed that when people were shown a picture of an overweight person, they ate twice as
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Fruit juice blend may protect the heart
Researchers from the University of Strasbourg have discovered that a blend of different fruits may hold the key to cutting the risk of developing coronary disease.
The research, which was published in the Royal Society of Chemistry
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Late night sleepers weigh more, research suggests
Research from Northwestern Medicine has revealed that people who go to sleep late are more likely to weight more than those who go to bed earlier.
The researchers, whose study was published in the journal Obesity, concluded that people who
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Study links prolonged bottle feeding to obesity
A study which examined research from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort, has revealed that children who are given a bottle of milk every day at 24 months of age are more likely to be obese at five years of age.
The
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Travelling executives weigh more, research reveals
Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health have revealed that people who are required to travel frequently for work weigh more, have higher cholesterol and would rate their health worse than those who travel … read more.
Research reveals dangers of even modest abdominal fat
A research project from the Mayo Clinic which examined the health of more than 15,000 people with coronary heart disease revealed that people who carry even a modest amount of weight around their waist are at higher risk of death.
The
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