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March 5th, 2015 at 12:00 AM

A decade-long study has suggested that people who follow a Mediterranean diet can decrease their risk of heart disease by almost a half. Data taken from 2,500 Greek men and women, aged between 18 and 89, showed that for those who consumed fresh...
March 3rd, 2015 at 12:00 AM

Including a moderate amount of (non-salted) peanuts in your diet may help cut the risk of you developing heart disease or dying prematurely, according to a new study. The importance of including peanuts in your diet is stressed further due to the...
February 26th, 2015 at 12:00 AM

A number of juice diet adverts have been banned from the airwaves, after a watchdog found they were misleading due to a lack of scientific data supporting the weight loss claims. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned three adverts for...
February 24th, 2015 at 12:00 AM

Peanut allergies are a very common yet potentially deadly problem that plagues the life of an estimated 1 in every 100 people in the UK. However, this number is growing worryingly, and so methods to reduce this number are being highly sought. It has...
February 23rd, 2015 at 12:00 AM

According to a new piece of research, people who follow a Mediterranean diet are less likely to develop dementia. Consuming more fresh fruit and vegetables, whilst consuming less saturated fats and meat, could be a way to lower your risk of...
February 19th, 2015 at 12:00 AM

A global study has revealed the different dieting habits across the world, with Chad and Sierra Leone being classed as the healthiest countries, whilst Armenia, Hungary and Belgium were ranked as the least healthy. African countries made up nine of...
February 16th, 2015 at 12:00 AM

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that people who are unable to work due to obesity, drug or alcohol problems, and refuse to be treated, could lose their sickness benefits. He has instigated a review of how the existing system operates, as...
February 12th, 2015 at 12:00 AM

The vast majority of people buy their groceries at supermarkets, and, with recent tensions between the large supermarket giants of the country (Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury's) rising, large price cuts have been made...
February 9th, 2015 at 12:00 AM

An experiment by Sky News has suggested that the Paleo diet results in the most weight loss, but also the least reduction in body fat. The 5:2 diet resulted in the largest reduction in body fat, but the least weight lost. However, the study is not a...
February 5th, 2015 at 12:00 AM

Research suggests people who lose weight, follow a diet and get fit with their partner experience better results than when they go it alone. 3,700 couples aged 50 and older were the test subjects for the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA),...
February 2nd, 2015 at 12:00 AM

For those under the age of 10 years, research has shown that obesity levels are stabilising based on studies commenced in 1994, and lasting until 2013. For the first decade covered, obesity rates rose at a fairly constant rate for all ages. This...
January 28th, 2015 at 12:00 AM

Obesity is a rising issue. As our lives become more stressful and our free time is compressed, our jobs are becoming less physically demanding. It can be hard to motivate ourselves to exercise and eat right, especially when we feel cornered into...
January 26th, 2015 at 12:00 AM

We quite often get bombarded with advertisement and emails championing the newest dieting drug that is claimed to make our weight evaporate, and, usually, they are spam or bogus. But now a real weight loss drug that has been claimed to help people...
January 21st, 2015 at 12:00 AM

Celebrity doctor Pierre Dukan is set to lose his final appeal to remain on France's medical register after the chief legal advisor to the Council of State said there were no grounds for his appeal. The doctor is quite a controversial figure. He's...
January 19th, 2015 at 12:00 AM

Obesity, including related conditions, has been highlighted and used to try and convince people about the importance of exercising, and the dangers of not getting enough exercise. A study from Cambridge University has found that a lack of exercise...
January 14th, 2015 at 12:00 AM

Evidence was found last year that could help to differentiate which diets are better for each individual. Because of how everyone is different, diets can affect us in different ways. The BBC has teamed up with experts in the field of obesity and...
January 12th, 2015 at 12:00 AM

A young man from Warwick embarked on a life changing experience to Kenya, and came back with a drastically altered perception of diet, what we eat, and the global effects our diets can have. Michael Duckworth, 22, spent the summer working with...
January 7th, 2015 at 12:00 AM

A new report has highlighted the economic impact that obesity can have on an economy, having found that obesity in Scotland can cost the country as much as £4.6 billion every year. In 2013, almost two thirds (64.6 per cent) of people in Scotland...
January 5th, 2015 at 12:00 AM

January: the month of diets and New Year resolutions, running and cycling to burn off the holiday excess. Unfortunately, in many cases, the month will likely see many diets and New Year resolutions broken before it is out. Health is one of the main...
December 22nd, 2014 at 12:00 AM

Lifestyle changes could see 80,000 people saved from dementia, a research project has suggested. However, the lifestyle changes would have to be made early on in life to be most effective, something people arguably aren't very good at; it can be...
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