Month Six glasses of water a day makes you slim Daily Mirror, 23 August 2010 One of the simplest ways to lose weight is to drink water before eating. Trying to lose weight? Drink more water CNN, 23 August 2010 Forget diet pills and cleanses. A new study suggests that an effective weight-loss aid is available straight from your kitchen sink. Asparagus, garlic and artichokes 'could help fight obesity and diabetes' The Telegraph, 23 August 2010 Eating vegetables such as asparagus and Jerusalem artichokes could hold the key to fighting obesity and diabetes, researchers believe. Diets to your door: Do the latest home-delivery meal packages cut the mustard? Daily Mail, 23 August 2010 We asked Dr Denise Thomas to analyse eight different home-delivery diet packages, and rate them in terms of their overall healthiness and their ability to help you lose weight. Parents of girl 5-year-old girl weighing 12 stone are arrested Daily Mirror, 22 August 2010 Police have arrested the parents of a five-year-old girl who is so overweight she can barely walk. Emmy award for Jamie Oliver show BBC, 22 August 2010 British chef and TV personality Jamie Oliver wins an Emmy for his US series Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, which tackles childhood obesity. Obesity rates higher among minority girls USA Today, 21 August 2010 Black, Hispanic and American Indian girls have two to three times higher odds of having a high body-mass index (BMI) compared to white girls ... Imposing NHS spending cuts 'could help people living unhealthy lives' Daily Mail, 18 August 2010 David Hunter, professor of health policy at Durham University, says cutting the NHS budget would focus attention on helping preventable problems like obesity. Size 20 teenager vows to lose weight after she is told she could die in her sleep Daily Mail, 18 August 2010 Bethany Wilkinson suffers from potentially deadly sleep apnoea, where she stops breathing for short periods while resting and her condition is worse due to her weight. Fast food forum to address obesity NEWS.com.au, 17 August 2010 THE fast food industry will meet with the NSW Government and public health experts for talks today, triggered by concern over the community's rising level of obesity. |
