Obese TEENAGERS need hip and knee surgery because they are THAT overweight, shock NHS figures reveal UK patients under 25 are undergoing heart bypasses because of their weight The number of obesity-linked operations is rising year by year for all ages 30 people under 30 have needed knee replacement surgery in the last five years … Read more
Twelve US states now have obesity rates of at least 35 percent – more than ever before, a new map reveals. More than one-third of adults in Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia were dangerously overweight in 2019, according to the data released on Thursday by … Read more
Doctors should not call overweight patients ‘chubby’ or ‘plus-size’ because it upsets them and people should choose how medics refer to their weight, scientists say ‘Chubby’, ‘fat’ and ‘super obese’ were particularly offensive terms, people said A survey of 3,000 adults found patients wanted to choose how to refer to weight Healthcare professionals ‘should be … Read more
Overweight people are more than three times as likely to die of Covid-19 than those of a healthy weight, a Public Health England report has revealed. People who have extra weight, defined as a body mass index of over 25, are also at higher odds of needing ventilation when ill with Covid-19 by seven-fold. The … Read more
Alison Hammond hit out at a guest who refuses to work with overweight people, during Wednesday’s This Morning. The bubbly presenter, 45, took issue with fitness guru and writer Samantha Yardly after hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford introduced an upcoming segment with Samantha who told how she wouldn’t hire a bigger person regardless of … Read more
‘Having half a tonne of meat on board is dangerous’: Capacity on Venice gondolas reduced due to ‘overweight’ tourists putting the vessels at risk of flooding On smaller boats, only five passengers will be allowed onboard, down from six Larger gondolas that cross the Grand Canal will have a limit of 12, down from 14 … Read more
Why you SHOULD drink whole milk: Children who drink full fat are 40% less likely to be overweight ‘because it makes them feel fuller than semi-skimmed’ Canadian researchers reviewed more than two dozen studies on cow’s milk The results, published in a medical journal, involved data from 21,000 children None of the studies showed drinking … 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
BORIS JOHNSON Mr Johnson is pictured colliding with a 10-year-old during a game of street rugby in Tokyo in October 2015 The Prime Minister has no known health problems and is thought to be fairly fit and well. Will Walden, a friend of Boris Johnson and his former director of communications during his time as … Read more
BORIS JOHNSON The Prime Minister has no known health problems and is thought to be fairly fit and well. Will Walden, a friend of Boris Johnson and his former director of communications during his time as London mayor, said the Prime Minister is a ‘really, really strong guy’ and ‘far fitter than he looks’. He … Read more