Surge in number of undertakers being injured handling obese bodies revealed …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> UNDERTAKERS are being hurt as they struggle with increasingly heavy coffins in the obesity epidemic. They reported broken hands, strained shoulders and back spasms to health bosses. One broke their foot when they slipped and ended up with one leg … Read more
Having some extra flab makes you feel happier… but there’s a limit, suggests study …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> A BIT of extra flab makes us happier, a study suggests. An increase in BMI height-to-weight ratio has been found to be linked to greater contentment — although there is a limit. 2 An increase in BMI … Read more
Porridge branded ‘junk food’ under Government’s latest nanny state crackdown – as MPs blast ‘preposterous meddling’ – The Scottish Sun …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> PORRIDGE has been branded a form of junk food in the Government’s latest nanny state crackdown. Labour has been slammed for including the oat-based staple in their forthcoming advertising ban. 2 … Read more
Junk food ads will be BANNED before 9pm and online in bid to tackle childhood obesity …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> JUNK food ads will be banned from TV before 9pm and axed entirely online in a bid to tackle childhood obesity. Ministers will today unveil the new law, set to kick in from October 1, … Read more
We’re binning BMI for BRI – our scores say we’re obese but they’re wrong, we’re just curvy with hips and boobs …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> WHILE curvy or voluptuous are seen as compliments, no woman EVER wants to be described as “round”. But scientists now suggest that measuring “roundness” might be the best way to … Read more
Was Elf onto something? Maple syrup ‘could reduce risk of diabetes, heart disease and improve gut health’ …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> ONE of the most famous scenes from the Christmas film Elf is when Buddy (played by Will Ferrell) pours maple syrup over spaghetti explaining it’s one of his four main food groups, along with … Read more
I’m slim, active and eat well yet I live with ‘silent killer’ linked to obesity – don’t assume you’re safe …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> NICKI Hornby was in what she considered to be decent health. She was active, ate a relatively healthy diet, and had a BMI in the “healthy” weight category. 4 Nicki Hornby … Read more
Shocking stats reveal one in three Scots are obese as experts issue health timebomb warning …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> SCOTLAND is facing a health timebomb with a record one in three adults classed as obese. Shocking figures show 32 per cent of men and women are grossly overweight. 3 One third of Scots are now … Read more
I’m fuming my slim 12-year-old was fat-shamed by the government – I was hounded by weekly texts asking me to weigh her …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> OPENING the letter her daughter Lilly brought home from school, Gemma Ranson felt a ripple of shock. Her sporty 12-year-old, who models for brands such as Next, Joules and … Read more
We’re fit but fat – trolls hurl fat-shaming jibes our way but we can run rings around skinny minnies in the gym …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>> MODERN medicine has long written off people with higher BMIs as unfit, as doctors tell them that overweight automatically means unhealthy. But a new study has debunked this, suggesting … Read more