Saturday, 4 Nov 2023

Obesity Part 4

This is, I promise, my last blog on this subject for the time being. It takes the form of a…

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Sunday, 22 Oct 2023

Obesity Part 3.

The causes of obesity In my last Blog I briefly discussed genetics and diet as causes of obesity – but…

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Saturday, 7 Oct 2023

Obesity Part 2. Assessment and causes

Obesity Obesity is generating an enormous amount of attention in the media – driven by controversy (is it a disease…

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Saturday, 23 Sep 2023

Obesity Part 1 – drug treatment

This week’s illustration is the Willendorf Venus, circa 25,000 BC, the oldest known man-made representation of the human form. There…

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Friday, 16 Dec 2022

Planning your weight loss strategy

Christmas is coming with the probability that we will gain a little (?) weight over the festive season. This might…

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Saturday, 10 Dec 2022

Planning Your Weight Loss Strategy – a Guest Blog

Christmas is coming with the probability that we will gain a little (?) weight over the festive season. This might…

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Saturday, 13 Nov 2021

Achieving weight loss

Really, really difficult! As I have said in the previous two blogs, change in our weight is decided by the…

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Saturday, 14 Nov 2020

EXERCISE AND THE CORONA VIRUS – AGAIN

Well, here we go again The emergence of the second wave of the pandemic and the subsequent Lockdown brings me…

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Saturday, 13 Jun 2020

THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEING OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE

Is obesity a disease? There is disagreement in both the medical profession and in the general public about the status…

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Saturday, 21 Dec 2019

EXERCISE, WEIGHT CONTROL AND CHRISTMAS

Happy Christmas everyone! But sincere apologies for putting a small dampener on the forthcoming celebrations –  most of us will…

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