Exclusive: Two London hospital trusts to trial tool that can predict those at risk up to 13 years before condition developsThe NHS in England is launching a world-first trial of a “gamechanging” artificial...
Read MoreExclusive: Food, Farming and Countryside Commission added up cost to NHS and economy of diet-linked diseaseThe UK’s growing addiction to unhealthy food costs a “staggering” £268bn a year, far outstripping...
Read MoreScientists say increase from 1990 to 2022 was largest in low- and middle-income countries and lack of treatment ‘concerning’Why have rates doubled over the last 30 years and what can be done? The number of people...
Read MoreHealth and children’s groups urge UK ministers to impose levies on products containing too much salt or sugarDozens of health and children’s groups have urged ministers to tackle obesity by imposing taxes on foods...
Read MoreExclusive: People with type 1 diabetes may in future only need to give themselves insulin once a week, say expertsScientists have developed a “holy grail” insulin that responds to changing blood sugar levels in...
Read MoreFood Foundation says height of five-year-olds falling, child obesity up by a third and type 2 diabetes by a fifth Children across the UK are getting shorter, fatter and sicker amid an epidemic of poor diets, food insecurity and...
Read MoreWorld Health Organization report calls on governments to impose tougher regulation of health-harming productsTobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and fossil fuels kill 2.7 million people a year in Europe, according to...
Read MoreExclusive: Co-author of analysis for WHO calls on government to control the food industry rather than being subservient to itThe sugar tax has been so successful in improving people’s diets that it should be extended to...
Read MoreDiagnoses up 39% in six years, with condition fuelled by obesity, health inequalities and junk food, study findsThe number of people under 40 being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the UK has risen 39% in six years, fuelled by...
Read MoreSurvey has revealed challenges faced by pharmacists and risk of harm to patients as key drugs are unavailable‘We’re firefighting in the background’: the pharmacists coping with record drug shortagesDrug...
Read MoreResearch claims people have been hospitalised and children are ‘crying with hunger’ due to poor quality of food from contractorsFood provided to asylum seekers by Home Office contractors is of such poor quality that...
Read MoreExclusive: Officially commissioned research lays out effects of shelving anti-obesity pledgesEngland heads for obesity disaster as minister frets about nanny stateChildren in England are at risk of diabetes, heart disease and...
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