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Weight loss could be helped by eating pulses
Increasing the amount of pulses in your diet could improve your diet and help you get slimmer, according to new research. The study, which was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, recommends that you add chickpeas, beans, lentils...Not using a car to commute results in being slimmer
A UK study has found that people who catch public transport, walk or cycle to work keep more weight off than people who travel to work by car, indicating that even just a small amount of physical activity is better than nothing. 150,000 adults in...Sugar tax on soft drinks unveiled in Budget
A sugar tax on soft drinks has been announced by Chancellor George Osborne in his 2016 Budget, in an attempt to fight the growing rate of childhood obesity. The levy will be placed on the producers of soft drinks, rather than the consumers. It is...Online adverts for junk food could soon be banned in UK
Children's programmes on the internet look set to be free of junk food adverts soon, with new guidelines set to ban these advertisements. This would result in the closing of a loophole which sees adverts for fatty food and sugary food being banned...A high glycemic diet may increase the risk of lung cancer
Those who eat a diet with a high glycemic index may be at significantly increased risk of lung cancer, according to a study in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. Glycemic index, often shortened to GI, is a measure of how...Weight loss surgery is most common in North East England
Figures acquired by the BBC indicate that the North East of England sees NHS weight loss surgery occur twice as frequently as any other location in the UK. In 2014-15, for the North East, 497 out of every one million people underwent a weight loss...Study suggests obesity and poor memory are linked
A small study has indicated that if you are obese, your 'episodic memory' may be worse than if you were thinner, which would mean you have difficulty remembering past experiences. 50 volunteers took part in the study, with their BMIs ranging from 18...Report predicts 4 million would avoid obesity with sugar tax
A report has predicted that 3.7 million people in the UK could avoid obesity in the next ten years, if a tax on sugary drinks is introduced. Cancer Research UK and the UK Health Forum, who are two of the biggest medical charities in the UK, produced...Mum with cancer claims she beat it thanks to diet
Natasha Grindley, a 37 year old mum of two, was told she had just two weeks left to live after doctors discovered a stage 4 stomach cancer, and claims that switching to a healthy diet is the reason she is still alive and fighting it. After being...Australian man decides to eat diet of just potatoes
36 year old Andrew Taylor, from Melbourne, has vowed to eat only potatoes for the entirety of 2016, and has already lost 10kg in a month, it has been reported. The diet includes sweet potatoes too, as well as some seasoning, and he began the diet on...Scientists claim to find optimum diet and exercise plan
A team of scientists in Canada has claimed to have created the perfect way for men to quickly build muscle and lose fat, although they admitted it was not a sustainable regime. The scientists, from McMaster University, in Ontario, carried out a...Sugar tax to be imposed by NHS England
The head of NHS England has announced plans for a "sugar tax" to be imposed on health centres and hospitals in England, in an effort to tackle the growing problem of type 2 diabetes and obesity. Simon Stevens' proposal is for a 20 per cent tax to be...