Obesity

A farmer make haste and gathers in the drying grass during harvest in a field near Farndale, North Yorkshire. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty.

Farmers are at their wits end and can you blame them? - Emma Ryan
Farming has always been fraught with uncertainty, turbulence and fears for the future.

Yorkshire

Yorkshire and the Humber is one of UK’s most obese regions

Weight loss injections including Mounjaro and Wegovy have became household names.

The long-term effects of weight loss injections - what we know so far

James Corden in a promotional video for WeightWatchers in 2021

Are weight-loss drugs like Ozempic to blame for WeightWatchers demise?

Councillor Hannah Bithell, Leeds City Council’s Obesity Champion

'I lost over 8 stone after tackling my food addiction'

MARY’S MENUS: Seventeenth century recipe book by Mary Forster, Nelson victory broadsheet and HMS Victory painting by Lieut. RS Thomas. Pictures: Bonhams.

Food concoctions from the 17th century revealed

tracy before her weight loss

Tracy set to share her success to help others

Sleep expert Dr Sophie Bostock, who has a PhD in Health Psychology at University College London worked alongside Bensons for Beds to create the digital image

What sleep-deprived people will look like in 2050 - according to AI

Plant-based alternatives to meat are increasingly realistic (Picture: Adam Berry/Getty Images)

Why it's bad that vegetarians now eat the most ultra-processed foods

Different types of weight loss drugs explained following nurse's death

Schoolchildren in a classroom. Picture: Ben Birchall/PA

Child obesity rates in parts of Yorkshire twice as high as South East

Oxford Medical Products announces positive results in weight-loss clinical trial

Ad Feature Company announces positive results in weight-loss clinical trial

(Photos: Getty Images)

Labour proposes weight-loss jabs for unemployed to boost workforce

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

Bella & Duke shares tips for maintaining a healthy weight for pets

Expert advice for tackling the UK’s growing pet obesity problem

Matthew Flanagan, 24, lost 17st to help his sister Emma.

Watch: Man loses 17st to help save his sister’s life

Sugary drink refills could be banned in proposals put forward by the Welsh government (Photo by Adobe Stock)

'Pointless': Diners slam plans to ban free sugary drink refills

Baroness Walmsley is the Chair of the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee. PIC: UK Parliament

Obesity is a ticking time bomb for the NHS and wider society - Baroness Walmsley

1.7m Brits are expected to be living with dementia by 2040 - more than double today's levels. (Picture: Adobe Stock)

1.7m people could have dementia in the UK by 2040

Wegovy is now available on the NHS

Weight-loss injection Wegovy now available on the NHS

Cadbury's are creating a 'diet chocolate' bar

Cadbury announces major chocolate recipe change
Cadbury bosses claim they are close to creating ‘diet chocolate’ - but what is it and how will it be healthier?
Sam Johnson

Over half of world on track to be overweight by 2035 warns experts

Half of world on track to be overweight by 2035 according to experts

Calorie counts to feature on menus from today to tackle obesity

Specialist NHS clinics for severely obese children and young people are to be set up in England as part of an intervention scheme (Photo: Shutterstock)

NHS treatment centres for children with obesity to open in England - here's how ...

John Ebo is keeping a video diary every month for a year

It's World Diabetes Day and we speak to a Leeds man who is keeping a video diary...

Katie Rhodes previously worked at Weight Watchers for 16 years.

Why weight management is a bigger issue than prior to the pandemic

The National Food Strategy is prompting much debate and discussion.

Food strategy is vital for agriculture – Yorkshire Post Letters

The Government's plans to tackle obesity will penalise the poor, argues Jason Reed.

Nanny state sugar taxes won’t defeat obesity – Jason Reed

New research from a university in Yorkshire has found being overweight is an additional burden on brain health and it may worsen Alzheimer’s disease. Photo credit: ADOBE STOCK

Obesity associated with higher risk for Alzheimer's, Yorkshire research reveals

Dame Sarah Storey is at the forefront of efforts toencourage children to walk or cycle to school across South Yorkshire.

How pupils walking and cycling to school will change South Yorkshire for the bet...

Boris Johnson takes his dog Dilyn for a walk at the start of a new campaign on obesity. Photo: 10 Downing Street.

Obesity and Boris Johnson’s Damascene conversion – The Yorkshire Post says

Singer Adele, seen here in 2016, has transformed her appearance. (PA).

Time to follow Adele’s lead and lose the lockdown pounds, says Christa Ackroyd
I have deliberately avoided lockdown messages from celebrities on the basis that I have no interest whatsoever in seeing pictures of luvvies in lockdown with their perfect bodies sunbathing in skimpy bikinis, or sharing public meltdowns from their luxury pads.
Christa Ackroyd

Obesity in the UK affects around one in every four adults (Photo: Shutterstock)

Why being overweight could put you at more risk of severe coronavirus symptoms

Woman who dropped six dress sizes after gastric bypass is fighting stigma of obe...

Childhood obesity in Leeds is going down, one report claims.

Childhood obesity reducing quicker in Leeds than in UK as a whole, report claims

'˜Confusing' health messages as alarm is raised over sugar

PIC: PA

Children who spend more than half an hour online twice as likely to pester for j...

Energy drinks could be banned from sale to children in England.

Steve Brine: Why the Government plans to ban energy drinks for children

St James University Hospital is part of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Leeds hospitals make Â£260k from vending machines

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Artificial sweeteners 'contain gender bending chemicals that make people fat'

Zero-calorie sweeteners 'can still lead to diabetes and obesity'

Most people, say Bernard Ingham, have never had it so good, Harold Macmillan's adage of 1959.

Bernard Ingham: Never had it so good '“ but we're crippled by malaise

Paul Gately, Professor of exercise and obesity at Leeds Beckett University.

Fat chance of a healthy UK as millennials turn obese

Should all school meals be free?

GP Taylor: School dinners should be free '“ and fully British

Dr Andrew Furber who has just taken over as boss of Public Health England for Yorkshire and the Humber. (Jonathan Gawthorpe).

New Yorkshire health boss talks about the challenges facing the region

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Obesity is linked to where you live '“ would regulating fast food outlets change...

Library picture, posed by model

Yorkshire's junk food generation: 1.6m children overweight by time they leave pr...

Ponds Forge International Sports Centre

Sheffield leisure centres pioneer 20p '˜sugar tax' to combat obesity

Andrew Parsons/PA Wire

Womb cancer increase is fuelled by obesity, charity has warned

Should there be a tax on sugary drinks?

YP Letters: Pop tax not enough to tackle obesity

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Regenix hits sales landmark for wound treatment

Chef Nigel Brown

Never mind Jamie Oliver - just eat what you like, says chef Nigel

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January 30: League tables must be clear

Obese people can now be considered disabled

EU ‘opens can of worms’ as it rules obese people qualify as disabled

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Surgeon warns of kidney problems ‘timebomb’

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NHS chief calls for radical action to head off crisis in public health

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Unhealthy couples get conception advice

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Obese mothers ‘can leave babies prone to diabetes and weight-gain’

64 per cent of adults are classified as obese

Tackling stereotypes in the war against obesity

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Obesity in schoolchildren linked to lack of sleep

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