Obesity directly costs the NHS £6billion annually and this is set to rise to over £9.7billion each year by 2050, according to Government figures. One in three children are overweight or obese ...

36% of UK adults think they are simply overweight when they are actually clinically ... According to diabetes.co.uk, obesity is believed to account for 80-85% of the risk of developing type 2 ...

A new study conducted by the University of Cambridge shows that the UK’s soda tax reduced rates of obesity among sixth-grade girls — by about 5,000 fewer cases, they estimated.

Individuals are not to blame for being obese, according to a new report. Obesity is a term to describe being very overweight, with a lot of body fat. Being obese carries a serious health risk and the ...

Obesity rates in the UK might start falling by the end of 2024 due to the rising use of weight loss medications like Wegovy and Mounjaro, according to Simple Online Pharmacy, Sky News reports.

Britain's ballooning obesity levels have fuelled a staggering 39 per cent rise in type 2 diabetes among people under 40, with 168,000 Brits now living with the illness, a report has suggested.

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Obesity now causes more cases of four common cancers in the UK than smoking, according to a charity. Cancer Research UK says bowel, kidney, ovarian and liver cancers are more likely to have been ...

Liver disease is on the rise in the UK due to soaring obesity levels, but a 10-minute stroll each day can help stop it in its tracks. By PAT HAGAN. Published: 20:29 EDT, 7 June 2025 | Updated: 21: ...

The document pushed out by the UK government on 18 August to address an epidemic of obesity among youngsters might as well have not been written.. The long-awaited Childhood Obesity Strategy has ...