Letting children make their own decisions about food and what they eat can lead to better nutrition and healthier lifelong eating behaviours, a study reports. The American Heart Association recommends reduced parental pressure on children to eat meals, a wider variety of healthy eating options and an overall ‘positive eating atmosphere’. Such factors encourage children … Read more
Reduced-salt foods may be healthier, but they aren’t known for being tasty because they are low in sodium. But scientists now claim to have found a way to make keep the taste of salt – without actually containing too much of the bad kind. Tasters agreed the mix, which contains less sodium chloride, was just … Read more
Statins may reduce the amount of harmful microbiota in the guts of obese people, according to a new study. Scientists have found that a type of gut bacteria known as Bact2 is far more common in obese people. These microbes are seen in just 3.9 per cent of lean individuals, but are present in more than … Read more
Health officials are putting an entire Long Island town on a diet to drive down rising obesity rates amid the coronavirus pandemic. With many of us stuck in our homes – ordering take-out and stress eating – a weight gain phenomenon has emerged nicknamed the ‘Quarantine 15.’ Now, doctors and fitness instructors in Huntington, which … Read more
With each day that passes, with each new grim death toll, we learn a little bit more about the nature of this ghastly virus. This week in particular, statistics have come to light showing that obesity is emerging as one of the biggest risk factors for Covid-19. According to data released by the NHS, being … Read more
Urgent probe into obesity link to Covid-19 deaths: Matt Hancock orders health officials to find why certain groups including the overweight, men and ethnic minorities are more likely to die Matt Hancock has ordered health officials to trawl through victim records He said it was too early to suggest weight was a factor but data … Read more
Urgent probe into obesity link to Covid-19 deaths: Matt Hancock orders health officials to find why certain groups including the overweight, men and ethnic minorities are more likely to die Matt Hancock has ordered health officials to trawl through victim records He said it was too early to suggest weight was a factor but data … Read more
Obesity may be one of the biggest risk factors for developing severe COVID-19, according to scientists. Elderly people, regardless of their weight, have been found to be the most vulnerable to severe illness or death if they catch the coronavirus. But scientific evidence, mostly from the US, is beginning to show that someone who is … Read more
Baby girls who are born by C-section could be at higher risk of becoming obese and developing type 2 diabetes, study claims Researchers examined data on 33,000 US women aged between 24 and 44 Of those involved in the study three per cent were born by caesarean section Out of those born by c-section 11 per cent … Read more