Three in four Britons ‘will be overweight or obese by 2050’
More than three in four adults in the UK will be obese or overweight by 2050, a Lancet study has revealed. Experts predict ...
Who can get weight loss drugs on the NHS in Scotland?
Very few people are currently being prescribed drugs for weight loss on the NHS in Scotland, research by BBC Scotland News ...
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UK faces obesity epidemic
Compiled by the National Audit Office, it is the first official assessment of the human and economic cost of the national weight problem. Obesity caused more than 30,000 premature deaths in 1998 ...
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More than half of adults and third of children to be overweight or obese by 2050
The data for the UK has been analysed by the PA news agency. It shows that for children aged five to 14, obesity will rise from 12% of girls in 2021 to 18.4% in 2050 (a 53% rise), and from 9.9% to ...
Media Bites 4 March: Trump tariffs, inflation, obesity
US President Donald Trump rolls out tariffs on his neighbours and China, while UK food and drink inflation continues to grow ...
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Scotland first UK nation to clear Mounjaro use for obesity
Scotland has become the first country in the UK to back NHS use of Eli Lilly’s obesity therapy Mounjaro ... below that threshold would not be a cost-effective use of NHS resources.