England's obesity crisis is 'everyone's business' and cannot be solved by central government...A new obesity outcomes strategy, due this spring, will see central government take a 'non-coercive role', according to Richard Cienciala, deputy director of the department's obesity programme ... government's strategy to 'nudge' people to better health. Speaking at the obesity conference, Mr Cienciala ...
The DoH launched a strategy for England to fight the growing obesity epidemic this week....The strategy will focus on five areas: healthy children; promoting healthier food choices; building physical activity into daily life; creating incentives for better health; and personalised information and care for people who are already overweight or obese. Health secretary Alan Johnson said ...
Obesity treatment with the drugs phentermine and topiramate could be a valuable therapy option...A team led by Dr Kishore Gadde from Duke University Medical Centre, North Carolina, studied dual therapy with these two drugs in 2,487 overweight or obese adults. The researchers compared two doses ... and exercise advice could be a valuable addition to the 'small arsenal of effective obesity treatments ...
One in six PCTs has increased spending on fighting obesity by more than seven-fold over the past three years, but leading experts have warned that obese patients are still being denied effective treatment. Overall, half of all PCTs have increased their obesity budget, but many are having to spend ...
Vice chairman of the National Obesity Forum (NOF) Dr David Haslam travelled to Brussels last week
Cardiovascular damage due to obesity can be seen in children as young as seven, according to US
Obesity and diabetes will be the focus of a number of DoH public health pilots in the coming months...in these two areas, showing considerably higher obesity rates in the UK than many other countries in Europe. Launching the document, health minister Caroline Flint highlighted the growing problem of obesity as her greatest concern. Our initial focus will be obese adults and children. The increase in child and adult ...
GPs should work side-by-side with pharmacists to help tackle the growing obesity epidemic, according to the National Obesity Forum (NOF). NOF clinical director Dr David Haslam, who is also a GP ... threat, many GPs would welcome the help as they are reluctant to get involved in obesity management, said ...
in an attempt to curb the growing obesity epidemic, according to the Child Growth Foundation (CGF). Currently, it is estimated that one in three children in the UK will be overweight or obese by the time they reach year six ... and wellbeing Dr Will Cavendish said that the time had come to tackle obesity from an early age. Tam Fry ...
Birmingham has appointed the UK's first obesity czar to tackle child weight problems in the city....Birmingham City Council and PCTs have appointed an obesity czar to tackle the childhood obesity ... partnership. Dr Patrick Lowe was appointed three months ago to work out how obesity can be tackled in the young. An estimated one child in 10 in the area is obese when they start school. My primary ...
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