Regular exercise can go a long way towards keeping off the weight gain at college and you don’t have to be a serious athlete to participate.
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Research shows that young adults who don’t exercise can expect an average eight kilograms of extra fat on their body by 28 years of age.
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New mouse study suggests that a heavy meal may be a better test than the glucose tolerance test.
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Changing people’s behaviour is a huge challenge, but it is critical for good health and a sustainable planet.
After a while bad food is just too tempting.
Sin taxes won’t be enough to deal with the obesity epidemic, but innovation just might be.
Obesity is rising and so are the costs.
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Obesity is not a rational choice. But there is scope for governments to get involved and improve our options.
It isn’t enough to just tell us to Be Active or Move It.
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The government’s new exercise campaign encourages us to get 30 minutes of physical activity a day. But while ads can get us to change our attitudes, they’re unlikely to change our behaviour.
A healthy weight means a healthy heart.
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Your weight during your youth could have an effect on your heart for the rest of your life.
Bright sun and fatty foods are a bad recipe for your DNA.
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Scientists have long thought that regions of DNA called telomeres control how long you live. We are now learning that it is your diet and lifestyle that shape your telomeres, not the other way around.
The new me.
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Health coaching looks like more than a fad – it comes with impressive research findings and is winning over the NHS.
BMI takes into account your height and your weight, and that’s it.
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All five experts said BMI is not ideal for determining the health of your weight.
Increasing the amount of exercise is one way to use the energy stored in fat cells, or to ‘burn’ fat.
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Trainers and fitness gurus often tell their charges how to ‘burn fat.’ But what does that actually involve? Here’s a Speed Read on something that actually takes a fairly long time.
Women who’ve had gestational diabetes are at an increased risk of health problems down the track.
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Gestational diabetes should be seen as an opportunity to identify families at higher risk of metabolic problems and take action.
Weighing up.
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Knowing why patients on anti-psychotics gain weight may help researchers learn more about human attentional bias and food.
A luxury mansion in the suburbs of Vancouver, British Columbia.
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As luxury housing developments swallow up agricultural land, they also diminish our food security and health.
As a nation, we drink 679m litres of the stuff every year.
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Children in the UK drink more energy drinks than in any other country in Europe — and many parents are unaware of the health risks.
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Experts say there is still a long way to go before we can make firm statements about the best time of day to eat.
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Researcher suggests obese dogs are more sensitive to rewards but there could be another explanation.
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First study to look at binge eating during pregnancy and the long-term outcome for mother and child.
Many new products contain artificial sweeteners, which come with their own set of problems.
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A new ad campaign from Coca-Cola shows they’re trying to push a “sugar in moderation” line, while many of their products still contain far too much.
Gut microbe metabolites can tell us a lot about our health.