Are you in touch with your inner appestat?

I found this on the tesco diet website www.tescodiets.com a handy little bit of knowledge about getting back in tune with your body’s hunger thermostat – when to eat and how to eat more slowly so your body has time to register what has gone in. Every little helps – ha! Appe… what?! That is [...]

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Oversize operating table for obese patients

19 Nov 2008 By Kate Donovan The BMI McIndoe Surgical Centre has purchased the first operating table in Europe that can hold patients who weigh up to 330kg (51 stone). The large specialist cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery dedicated unit said that the purchase is in response to the UK”s growing obesity epidemic. David Irvine, [...]

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Daily Mail comments on growing childhood obesity

As obesity soars, is it ever OK for your child to be fat? By Angela Epstein Britain is in the grip of a childhood obesity epidemic affecting a quarter of four- to five-year-olds and almost a third of ten-year-olds. Many experts believe this problem relates to lazy children being fed junk food and watching hours [...]

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