The new covid-19 lockdown rules are constantly and quite rightly hitting the headlines as we strive to reduce the true and potentially serious health risks this coronavirus offers each and every one of us. Increased coronavirus symptom severity and mortality has been proven to be closely linked to excess body weight and obesity. It is […]
The keto diet is making headlines every week. The positive vibes that surround keto diets are compelling but is a high fat keto diet worth the fuss? To help answer this, an article by the Insider shows how a group of diet experts can be amazingly RIGHT and so unbelievably WRONG at the same time […]
Recently we were asked “Why BMI?”. The importance of the question “Why BMI” reminded me of a similar philosophic discussion surrounding this shortest poem in the English language, by The American poet Eli Siegel: One Question I – Why? Such an elementary question is not easy to simply answer. The same can be said for […]
Fat-shaming is avoidable. Pharmacies across the UK have, for many years, demonstrated the ability to tackle the rising levels of obesity whilst maintaining a sympathetic and non-judgemental approach, which help avoid accusations of fat-shaming. This seems at odds with reports, such as on www.today.com, saying: Doctors are as guilty of fat-shaming people as everyone […]
Michael Buerk has waded in on the obesity crisis with a more than questionable viewpoint on the obesity crisis and who were described as “fat people” LINK Quoting from an article in The Times online: He said overweight people should be allowed to indulge if they wished, and that they were “weak, not ill”. Buerk, […]
Who is taking responsibility for tackling obesity in the UK? There are over 17 million people in the UK who are currently obese and over 40 million people who are overweight. How likely are these people to collectively lack the willpower and knowledge that eating less and exercising more will result in weight loss? Are […]
Diabetes awareness month is nearly over. World Diabetes Day, on 14th November, added its weight to the positive reflection and clamour about tackling diabetes by healthcare professionals and the public alike. The topic for the 2018 World Diabetes Day and diabetes awareness month was “Family and diabetes”. With the hashtags #WDD2018 #StrongerTogether #GoBlueForNovember the events […]
Lipotrim vs other VLCDs It is not always clear whether very low calorie diets that are deemed, or claimed to be identical, deliver the same weight losses. Are all Very Low Calorie Diets the same and as safe as one another? Is Lipotrim just another one of many Very Low Calorie Diets (VLCDs)? What is […]
July 5th 2018 sees heralds the 70th NHS birthday. On July 5th 1948 Aneurin Bevan, the then health secretary, launched the NHS at Park Hospital in Manchester (now known as Trafford General Hospital). The NHS was, and still is, a flagship organisation. It brings healthcare professionals together, to provide free healthcare services at the point […]
