UK having its chips in obesity stakes
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CAMPAIGNERS hope that shocking statistics on the global epidemic of heart disease and strokes will prompt countries to take action to reduce risks to health.
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Â· Children's eating habits even worse than adults Â· Food-related ill health can cost NHS Â£6bn a year
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Governments must wake up to the scourge of obesity or it will soon be too late to win the battle against the global epidemic, a senior World Health Organization official warned.
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The UKâs Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has published a new food and health manifesto, setting out the industryâs efforts to help in the fight against obesity.
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Children as young as three are being treated for obesity, according to one leading UK expert.
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Rising levels of obesity in Britain could lead to as many as 12,000 new cases of weight-related cancer each year by the end of the decade, a leading charity warned on Tuesday.
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Obesity has been a factor in at least 20 child protection cases in the last year, the BBC learns.
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New York Cityâs new rules for menu labels at chain restaurants have set off a food fight among the nationâs obesity experts.
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The government says it may begin warning parents of school pupils if their child is found to be overweight.
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Europe's food and drink industry could face new regulations if it does not try harder to tackle obesity.
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LONDON - Money spent on sports and exercise should be tax deductible as part of a national strategy to fight flab, say doctors in Britain who are grappling with one of the world's most rapidly growing obesity epidemics.    Ahead of a daylong conference Thursday on tackling obesity in primary care clinics, the Royal College of General Practitioners called on the government to consider tax breaks to make exercise more accessible and affordable to everybody...
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The government is to spend 75 million pounds on a campaign to encourage healthy lifestyles and counter what it calls an obesity epidemic in Britain.
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Junk food advertisements will not be shown on television before 9pm, as part of the British government&#39;s plan to fight the country&#39;s obesity crisis.
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The vending machine trade association is launching an anti-obesity campaign to encourage healthful food choices, hoping to fend off efforts to remove machines from schools and improve the industry's image as concerns grow about the fattening of America.
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Concern over growing levels of obesity has sparked a lively debate among food sector professionals and health experts about how to halt a trend that is medically and economically harmful.
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ONE of the most comprehensive studies ever undertaken into health in Scotland has revealed devastating evidence of a link between childhood obesity and an increased risk of cancer.
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Rates of obesity and diabetes are rising across England, although life expectancy has never been higher, government data reveals.