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Salter's Phantom Scale has never been this cheap before

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From body fat to muscle mass, these compact Salter scales offer serious features for less — and the Black Friday price makes them a no-brainer

Sofia Alessia, 27, with her daughter Alya-Valentina, 4, after weight loss surgery.

Mum who nearly died from weight loss surgery warns it 'isn't worth' it

Donor appeal. Leeds City Council

Plea for kidney donor for 12-year-old boy in Leeds council care

Tirzepatide: what is weight loss drug and how is different to Ozempic?

Nigel Stephenson, general manager at STADA Thornton and Ross

Yorkshire named as the region with the joint-highest healthy BMI

Analysis reveals the 10 biggest Santas – according to their BMI

Wegovy is now available on the NHS

Weight-loss injection Wegovy now available on the NHS

Bethany Smith with daughter Bella.

Mother 'watching ten-year-old daughter 'wither away' due to health condition

Catherine and Dean after the gastric bypass operation

Couple lose 22 stone thanks to £6,000 gastric bypass ops in Lithuania

Top five tips to reduce snoring – including reducing alcohol intake and sleeping...

Christa Ackroyd

I am not overweight and people should stop judging others, says Christa Ackroyd

Thousands are believed to have been denied routine ops because of smoking Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire/PA Images

Ban on hip and knee ops for obese patients and smokers goes under review

A person with suspected stroke may have sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes (Photo: Adobe)

Irregular evening meal times could increase stroke risk, study warns

Your waist size should be less than half your height to keep health problems at bay (Photo: Adobe)

NHS says keep waist size to less than half your height to be healthy

People risk developing type 2 diabetes if they can’t fit into the jeans they were wearing at the age of 21, one of the world’s leading experts on the disease has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

People who ‘can’t fit into jeans they wore aged 21’ risk developing type 2 diabe...

People considered obese are more likely to catch Covid, according to a study (Getty Images)

People with higher BMI 'more likely to test positive for Covid'

More than half of adults have no idea what affects their life insurance premiums

Hundreds of thousands of shielding people have been bumped up the vaccine priority list (Shutterstock)

This is who is on the new shielding list - and the stay at home rules explained

Joseph Ruthven, from Bradford, lost a staggering 15 stone in just one year.

West Yorkshire man who ate takeaway every day loses 15 stone in one year

This is how to find out your 'Covid-age' - and what it means

A report has suggested that men with beer bellies have a higher chance o dying if they are diagnosed with prostate cancer (Getty Images)

Men with beer bellies more likely to die from prostate cancer suggests study - h... Finlay Greig

NHS England is trying to tackle type 2 diabetes with plans to encourage some of those with the condition to undertake a soup and shakes weight-loss plan (Photo: Shutterstock)

People with type 2 diabetes will be entitled to free soups and shakes from the N...

OptiBiotix products can help people lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle

OptiBiotix products could have key role in virus fight

Michael Short who has lost more than three stone

Dieting away my diabetes by cutting out carbs

Most of the factors that lead to obesity, can be identified before a child is even born (Photo: Shutterstock)

These tests will show whether your child will be fat by the age of 10

Lauren Perry, from Guiseley, who is doing a sky dive with her dad to raise awareness of the eating disorders charity BEAT, after the charity helped her when she had anorexia
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‘Don’t ever give up, even when it seems there’s no end in sight’ says Lauren wHo...

Police outside the hospital.

Huddersfield hospital closed by police for entire day after 'gunshot' claims in ...

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How commuting every day negatively affects your health and wellbeing

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Watching too much TV could lead to higher risk of heart disease and cancer

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Boys 'less fit than they were 20 years ago - regardless of their weight'

'Too much telly at age two makes for unhealthy teenagers'

Eating more slowly 'may be the best way to lose weight' By The Newsroom

Body fat 'triggers breast cancer in normal weight women'

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New app connects mums worldwide - using their voices

People who are obese or smoke face a six-month ban on routine surgery

Surgery ban for the obese and smokers 'won't affect people needing vasectomy'

East Riding CCG is rationing surgery for the obese and smokers

Overweight people and smokers to be denied surgery for six months in four Yorksh...

Obese feel more pain, says Leeds study

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Yorkshire '˜postcode lottery' means patients must get fatter to have surgery

From virtual appointments to delaying surgery for smokers: The health service ch...

Being overly ambitious can help you lose weight, according to a new study (Photo: Shutterstock)

How being ambitious can help people lose twice as much weight

Conquering my weight in The battle for Hastings...

Procedures were repeatedly cancelled at BMI The Huddersfield Hospital because of a lack of equipment

Private Yorkshire hospital cancelled ops because of equipment failures...after a...

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Mind over matter when it comes to childhood obesity

'˜Obese patients and smokers face being refused surgery in Yorkshire'

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Why eating disorders aren't just a girl thing

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Tech to keep you tip-top

Private School

Study shows privately educated pupils likely to be healthier later in life

The pathway to obesity can be identified in babies as young as six months of age, scientists have shown. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Scientists identify obesity risk in babies

Britain set to be Europe's '˜fat capital'

Study data showed that those carrying a spare tyre could be in for more health problems in later life - Image Pikul Noorod/Shutterstock

Got a dadbod? You’re better off fat all over

Flybe wants financial help to start a new route

Airlines propose Yorkshire connections

Health: Why fitness could be best Father’s Day gift

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One in four UK children classed as overweight

Poor diet now generates more disease than physical inactivity, alcohol and smoking combined

‘Unhappy and anxious middle-aged’ among six types of obesity identified by Yorks...

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‘Underweight have higher dementia risk’

Research casts doubt over the effectiveness of public health drives in the home.

Parents misjudge healthy weight of children

One in three children are overweight

Cancer toll of obesity crisis revealed in shock study

A Size Zero model wearing a creation by Russian designer Igor Chapurin

Anorexia chic as Hollywood pushes triple zero fashions

Diabetes is becoming a national health emergency, a charity has warned

Weight-loss surgery could aid obese diabetics

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