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      • 26 million UK adults will be obese by 2030
      • The " fat and jolly " hypothesis for adolescent girls
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      • Obesity-drug use rises massively 2010-2011
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    • HEALTH SECRETARY EXCLUSIVE
    • 20pc AMERICAN CHILDREN DON'T DRINK WATER
    • Would achieving sugar reduction targets cut child obesity and healthcare costs?
    • May 17th 2017
    • News and opinion
  • News Archive
    • Daily updates
      • ‘Man-Flu’ – is the joke over? Take a Man MOT
      • Obesity News Portal
    • Calorie Reduction Deal - but.........
    • High St chains who don't list calorie information
    • Bariatric surgery up 30-fold in decade
    • 966 calories - and counting?
    • Byetta/Victoza get a shot in the arm
    • Big mothers, fatter daughters
    • Keep slim - get a better " bac "
    • MPs deride HMG obesity strategy
    • Obesity - " Call to Action "
    • Unhealthy food - name and shame
    • Towns where children are fatter than their parents
    • Obese spend 50% more time in hospital
    • 26 million UK adults will be obese by 2030
    • The " fat and jolly " hypothesis for adolescent girls
    • Smoking " pack years " concept for obesity?
    • Obesity-drug use rises massively 2010-2011
    • Should parents lose custody of super obese kids?
    • NGO support - Salt Reduction Letter to Andrew Lansley
    • NOF Diploma
    • Visit the EOF
    • Tam Fry on Radio 4 Today program
    • NOF publishes new position statement on Very Low Energy Diets (VLED)
 

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  • 966 calories - and counting?
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  • 2017 International Congress on Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in conjunction with the 47th Annual Scientific Meeting of KSSO (ICOMES 2017)
  • The 6th World Congress on Controversies to Consensus in Diabetes, Obesity and Hypertension (CODHy)
  • Priorities for UK food security post-Brexit: investment, innovation and policy
  • Food & Nutrition seminar Next steps for UK food labelling policy and opportunities post-Brexit

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