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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Saturday, 31 Dec 2022

Happy New Year and a guest blog

New Year Resolutions What are the most popular New Year resolutions? Well here they are: Exercise more Lose weight Get…

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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, 18 Jun 2022

CANCER

Cancers form a very large group of conditions which are extremely common causes of disease, disability, suffering and death. Nearly…

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Saturday, 26 Feb 2022

Diabetes Part 2

Illustration This week’s illustration is a histogram showing the effect of different degrees of weight loss on the remission of…

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Saturday, 19 Feb 2022

Diabetes Part 1

T2DM Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is what we are talking about. Type 1 DM is something else, although it…

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