Obesity news

• 2 Nov - New report shows how our diet must change to cut cancer risk
  Editorial: Diet and the risk of cancer
  Food Standards Agency response
• 17 Oct - Government Office for Science Foresight report on obesity
  Foresight – Tackling obesities: Future choices
  BH F response
• 14 Oct Revealed: the brain circuits that control how much you eat
• 9 Oct - The thin stay thin while the fat are getting fatter
• 22 Sept - School, family and community involvement are all needed to increase the activity levels of adolescents
  • Effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity in children and adolescents: systematic review of controlled trials
• 30 Aug - European Commission and UEFA kick off football season with joint TV campaign promoting physical activity
• 15 Aug - Eating junk food while pregnant and breastfeeding may lead to obese offspring
  • Diabetes UK response
• 13 Aug - New report makes link between car use, obesity and carbon dioxide emissions
• 8 Aug - Steep rise in cancers linked to excessive sun exposure, alcohol, smoking and obesity
• 19 July - Online junk food marketing slipping through the net
• 15 July – Diet, smoking, drinking and activity amongst UK poor
  • Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey
• 13 July – 'Schools on the Move' National Pedometer Programme
• 27 June – Obesity and self-regulation in advertising will not work
• 29 May - Levels of physical inactivity among children “has reached epidemic levels”
  • British Heart Foundation response
  • Lib Dem response
• 1 May - Waistlines and heart disease risk
• 22 Apr - Europe needs better provision for obesity treatment (PDF, 52K)
• 4 Apr - A toolkit for tackling overweight and obesity
  • Lightening the load: Tackling overweight and obesity
• 4 Apr - Why your child's weight matters
  • Download Why your child's weight matters (PDF, 187K)
• 27 Mar - Consultation on programme of work to make healthier eating easier
  • Draft saturated fat and energy intake programme
• 23 Mar - Health of Older People: Health Survey for England 2005
  • Health Survey for England 2005: Health of Older People
  • British Heart Foundation response
• 21 Mar - British Heart Foundation gives mixed verdict on Budget report
• 15 Mar - Government launches healthy living initiative to combat childhood obesity
  • Download Healthy living social marketing initiative: a review of the evidence (PDF, 513 Kb)
• 13 Mar - Childhood obesity related to diet, not exercise
• 22 Feb 2007 - TV advertising of food and drink to children
  • Government response
  • Lib Dem response
• Waist size can increase womb cancer risk
• Food industry labelling schemes “fundamentally flawed”
  • Download Misconceptions and misinformation: The problems with Guideline Daily Amounts (PDF 1.15 Mb)
  • Which? response
  • British Heart Foundation response
• FSA public health campaign on salt http://www.salt.gov.uk/
• RCP response to "Choosing Health" consultation (June 04)
• RCP comment on Health Select Committee report on obesity - Press release (May 04)
• If you are a Member or Fellow and have a view on the College's obesity report and ways of tackling and reversing obesity then please post a message on our Bulletin Board.
• Reducing And Preventing Obesity - Everything Must Change - Storing up problems news release
• 'Storing up problems - the medical case for a slimmer nation' - foreward and background information. (Feb 2004)
• Obesity in older Australians, a report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (Feb 2004)
• Anti-obesity drugs: Guidance on appropriate prescribing and management. A report of a working party of the Nutrition Committee of the Royal College of Physicians   (Apr 2003.)
• Nutrition and Obesity - RCP Conference on 12 October 2004

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This page last updated on November 29, 2007