Nearly a third of adults in England in 2025 were affected by obesity, Cambridge researchers have found. Their study revealed that the most disadvantaged groups are bearing a disproportionate burden of the obesity crisis, and this gap has widened in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • notsosure@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4 days

    My father is obese, my mother is obese, my sister is gigantic and my brother: don’t get me started! Weird thing is that I’m as thin as a whistle. We live in Luton.

    • susi7802@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      4 days

      I have the same an I live in Alabama. Although I’m pretty obese too, come to think of it.

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
    4 days

    the UK must expand access to new treatments faster but also fundamentally reshape food and activity environments so that healthier choices occur with minimal conscious effort

    Reducing dietary carbohydrates is the single most effective lever in reducing obesity.