Britain’s Fat Fight with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is back for a final episode on Thursday 10 January on BBC One at 8pm. Co-produced by the BBC and The…
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Fight back against fat with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Is obesity inevitable?
The numbers of overweight and obese children are rising as they move through primary school. This echoes the increasing number of obese adults in the UK,…
The UK’s obesity epidemic – the challenge
Obesity cuts life expectancy by up to ten years, and costs the UK £6.1 billion per year to treat. It’s a huge problem – according to…
Britain’s obesity epidemic explored in two new BBC programmes
According to the Health Survey for England obesity levels in England have nearly doubled in the last 25 years, and nearly two thirds of adults were overweight or obese…
Four myths about diabetes debunked
The World Health Organisation estimates that the number of people with diabetes is 422m, globally. And between 1980 and 2014 the number of people with the…