Poor diet, obesity and inactivity blamed on decline with Norway the only country seeing a riseLife expectancy improvement is stalling across Europe with England experiencing the biggest slowdown. Experts are blaming this on an...
Read MoreCompany will give up to 20% off treatments such as Wegovy and Mounjaro through private coverVitality has become the first health insurer in the UK to offer customers discounted weight loss treatments for up to a year through its...
Read MoreThird-largest healthcare insurer will be first to give 20% off treatments such as Wegovy and Mounjaro through health coverVitality has become the first health insurer in the UK to offer customers discounted weight loss...
Read MoreCritics say firm uses ‘playbook’ of questionable arguments to get its way in appeals against planning refusalsMcDonald’s has thwarted attempts to stop it opening new outlets by stressing that it sells salad,...
Read MoreLancet commission’s report calls for global shake-up and suggests looking at measures such as waist-to-height ratios and ill-health symptomsReframing obesity may end the diagnosis debate, but the health challenges...
Read MoreGuardian review finds many online pharmacies flouting strict advertising rules that govern prescription-only drugsWeight-loss injections are being aggressively marketed to British consumers through often illegal promotions, in a...
Read MoreThe ‘King Kong of weight loss drugs’ will be available on the NHS but only patients with most need will get itMounjaro, known as the “King Kong of weight loss drugs”, will be available to patients on the...
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 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: Stéfan Descheemaeker of Nomad Foods says mandatory rules could help kickstart ‘nutrition arms race’Food firms should be forced to reveal how healthy or unhealthy their products are, to help people...
Read MoreUK health secretary says unemployed people will not be ‘involuntarily jabbed’ to get them back to workWes Streeting has denied his plans to give new weight-loss jabs to the unemployed to help them back into work...
Read MoreUK health secretary says people will not be ‘involuntarily jabbed’ but that medications could be ‘gamechanging’Wes Streeting has denied his plans to give new weight-loss jabs to unemployed people to help...
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