Obesity

Nearly 90% of adults have at least one lifestyle risk factor

Nearly nine in ten adults in England have at least one lifestyle trait that puts their health at risk, an NHS Digital survey has revealed.…

Weight loss drug reduces risk of diabetes in overweight and obese people

Taking lorcaserin and making lifestyle changes can help prevent diabetes in people who are overweight or obese, study findings indicate.…

Tipping the scales: the problem of drug dosing in obese patients

As obesity levels rise, pharmacists are finding they need new tools to ensure they adequately tailor the amount of medicine patients receive.…

Lifestyle interventions reduce need for antihypertensive medication in overweight people

Researchers found that assigning overweight patients to the DASH diet and a behavioural weight management programme cut the number of patients eligible for antihypertensive medication…

Obesity may increase influenza A virus transmission risk

Obese adults shed influenza A virus for almost 50% longer than non-obese adults, research published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases shows.…

Type 2 diabetes drug aids weight loss, study finds

Patients given GLP-1 receptor agonists to treat obesity lost weight compared with those treated with placebo.…

Community pharmacies can provide effective signposting to weight management services, study finds

Community pharmacies could be used to increase access to weight management services, according to a study published in Public Health Nutrition (online, 23 April 2018).…

Nearly 40% of cancer cases in UK attributable to preventable causes

Four in ten cases of cancer are attributable to known risk factors, equivalent to 135,507 preventable cases of cancer per year.…

Government asks food industry to cut calories to tackle obesity

The government is asking the food industry to reduce the calorie count in pizza, other ready meals and on-the-go snacks by 20% to help cut the number of people dying from obesity-related disease.…

Fructose increases risk of childhood asthma, independent of obesity

A study of 1,068 mother-child pairs has shown that high fructose intake increases risk of mid-childhood asthma…