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Obesity at ‘epidemic proportions’ in Europe, World Health Organisation warns

Overweight and obesity have reached “epidemic proportions” in Europe, causing an estimated more than 1.2 million deaths every year, according to a major new report. The study, from the World Health Organisation (WHO), found that excess body fat ...

03 May 2022 at 12:25

Obesity levels among children ‘could end up costing more than £8bn’

Obesity levels among children due to the pandemic could end up costing more than £8 billion, research suggests. A new study found obesity in England rose significantly among four to five-year-olds and those aged 10 to 11 between 2019/20 and ...

24 Jan 2024 at 19:00

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Widow, 73, who went from ‘Mrs Blobby to Green Goddess’ in 50s after losing five stone says exercise ‘changed her life’

A 73-year-old widow who was overweight until she lost five stone in her 50s, transforming herself from “Mrs Blobby to The Green Goddess”, has said exercise has “changed her life” – and she has recently found love again through her work as ...

31 Mar 2023 at 10:08

More than a billion people in the world living with obesity – analysis

The number of people living with obesity worldwide has surpassed one billion, according to a global analysis. Research published by the journal The Lancet suggests that as of 2022, around 159 million children and adolescents and 879 ...

29 Feb 2024 at 23:30

Obesity levels drop in Year 6 pupils but still not back to pre-pandemic levels

The proportion of 10 and 11-year-olds who are overweight and obese has dropped, but is still not as low as before the pandemic, NHS data shows. Obesity levels in Year 6 in England fell from 23.4% of pupils in 2021/22 to 22.7% in ...

19 Oct 2023 at 14:32

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New figures show 56.9% of women giving birth either overweight or obese

A record proportion of women giving birth last year were either overweight or obese, new figures have shown. National Records of Scotland recorded a total of 48,430 live births across Scotland in 2021-22. But of those woman ...

29 Nov 2022 at 19:55

Number of obese and overweight teenagers predicted to rocket over five years

Almost half a billion teenagers around the world will be overweight or obese by 2030, experts predicted as they warned that adolescent health is at a “tipping point”. In a major new review of the health and wellbeing of ...

20 May 2025 at 23:30

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