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Month: February 2015

Healthy heart strategies for your employees

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As the British Heart Foundation’s ‘National Heart Month’ comes to an end in February, it is worth highlighting that the integral connection between diet and heart health.  Strategies such as watching your weight, keeping your total fats and saturated fats down and cutting down on  salt intake have all become well known dietary approaches to … Read more

Stricter rules needed on junk food ads targeted at children

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Tough new controls must be introduced worldwide to stop commercial companies marketing unhealthy foods and drinks which make children overweight and stunt their growth, say some of the world’s leading obesity experts. No country has yet reversed its obesity epidemic, they point out in a major new series of six papers in the Lancet medical journal. … Read more

Weight gain can be linked to child birth

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A major European obesity investigation has called for urgent action to prevent obesity in women of child-bearing age. The authors, including a team from Edinburgh University, say children born to overweight mothers are at greater risk of health problems in later life. They say every pregnant woman should have access to dieticians and psychologists to … Read more

Drinking in moderation might not improve your health

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Drinking in moderation does not improve your health after all, experts have warned. Previous research had suggested small amounts of alcohol could protect against heart disease and reduce the risk of premature death. But a study published in the British Medical Journal found these claims may have been ­exaggerated. The only people who might benefit from alcohol are women … Read more

It is time your employees ate less sugar!

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You may have seen the recent advertising campaign for the new  Change4Life campaign, Sugar Swaps which was launched by Public Health England  Sugar Swaps encourages parents to cut down the amount of sugar their children consume by making one or more simple swaps. Some of the statistics taken from recently published data is shocking – … Read more

Rise in women swapping food for booze

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Leading researchers have warned that increasing numbers of women are cutting back on food to drink wine – a problem that has been termed ‘drinkorexia’. Labels that detail the calories in bottles of alcoholic drinks are encouraging people with eating disorders to swap food for drink, psychologists say. People who are obsessed with ‘calorie counting’ … Read more

'Smart' insulin may offer help to type 1 diabetics

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Scientists are hopeful that “smart” insulins which are undergoing trials could revolutionise the way diabetes is managed.  This would effectively mean that diabetes patients could be spared the burden of constantly monitoring blood sugar levels.  The new compound, which was shown to be effective in mice, automatically activates when blood sugar levels soar, and remains in circulation … Read more

Fear of cancer can impact screening uptake

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People who worry about cancer are more likely to want to get screened for colon cancer, but feeling uncomfortable at the thought of cancer makes them less likely to actually go for the test, finds new UCL-led research. Different experiences of fear were found to have different effects on people’s likeliness to get tested.  People … Read more