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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Monday, 7 Feb 2022

7 Benefits of Exercise and Weight Loss

This week’s blog is from a site across the pond, US Health Corps, authored by Kimberly Thomas . It gives…

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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, 6 Nov 2021

The Ill Effects of Obesity.

Non-communicable Diseases Obesity is not a disease, but it is a powerful risk factor for a number of dangerous illnesses,…

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Saturday, 30 Oct 2021

OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY

‘A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.’ A. A. Milne  How is weight assessed? The standard way…

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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, 8 Aug 2020

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

The Coronary Arteries The heart, though full of blood, still needs its own arteries to supply nourishment and oxygen to…

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Saturday, 1 Aug 2020

THE METABOLIC SYNDROME

What on Earth is that? Well, it is a rather important cluster of some of the conditions which I have described…

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Saturday, 20 Jun 2020

EXERCISE TO PREVENT/TREAT OBESITY

Changes in  body weight are decided by how much you eat and how much you do. Your weight is like…

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