Health experts have teamed up to produce a strategy aimed at tackling the key risk factors causing death and ill-health in Scotland, accusing the Scottish Government of having lost its
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Data that suggests a weight loss jab may be linked to people having suicidal thoughts needs urgent clarification, experts have said. According to a new study, figures from a World
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Children are being “betrayed” as the UK fails to give them a healthy start to life, academics have said. Experts warned of the “appalling decline” of the health of children
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The UK’s leading eating disorder charity has called on the Scottish Government to scrap plans to label menus with calories. Beat said the move could have a damaging impact on
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Health leaders fear the rise in children and young people needing treatment for eating disorders is “the tip of the iceberg” as the impact of the pandemic becomes clearer. An
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More must be done to tackle smoking and obesity rates among people from ethnic minority groups to prevent a surge in preventable cancer cases, a charity has warned. Cancer Research
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Many vulnerable young people have struggled with weight gain during the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the NHS in England has said as the service launched new specialist clinics for
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The number of people with diabetes has doubled in the last 15 years, with obesity fuelling the rise, a charity has warned. Data analysed by Diabetes UK shows that in
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A new Office for Health Promotion will be formed to tackle obesity and poor mental health, as lockdown restrictions are eased and the nation recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. Prime
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Family court judges might be asked to consider more cases in which social workers are concerned about children’s weight, a lawyer has said. News that two teenagers had been taken
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