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"Growing Up in Scotland: Overweight, obesity and activity

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  1. chdot
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  3. Murun Buchstansangur
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    https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/network-of-walking-and-cycling-trails-across-scotland-provides-1-9-billion-boost-228291/

    Obviously the monetary amounts are open to question but this kind of thing on steroids gets new roads built...

    Posted 3 years ago #
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    As the director of the Energy Metabolism Laboratory at Tufts University, Massachusetts, Susan Roberts has spent much of the past two decades studying ways to fight the obesity epidemic that continues to plague much of the western world.

    But time and again, Roberts and other obesity experts around the globe have found themselves faced with a recurring problem. While getting overweight individuals to commit to shedding pounds is often relatively straightforward in the short term, preventing them from regaining the lost weight is much more challenging.

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/30/burn-baby-burn-the-new-science-of-metabolism

    Posted 2 years ago #
  6. fimm
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    Pedestrian-friendly cities have lower rates of diabetes and obesity


    A review of 170 studies finds consistent evidence that people are less likely to be obese or have diabetes if they live in cities where walking and cycling is safe and convenient

    Diabetes and obesity rates can be reduced by transforming towns and cities into places where it is safe and convenient to walk, cycle or take public transport rather than drive.

    Gillian Booth at the University of Toronto and her colleagues scoured more than 170 previous studies and discovered consistent evidence that people who live in areas where walking and cycling are practical options are more active and less likely to have diabetes or obesity.
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    Booth says the study shows there is a role for prevention as well as treatment with these conditions, and that “unchecked urban sprawl” that leaves people reliant on cars is part of the problem that needs to be tackled. She believes the solution is a package of measures including higher-density living with shops and services within walking distance, more bike and footpaths and better public transport.

    “People will be more active if they can, if they have more of that infrastructure close by them,” she says. “There’s consistent evidence that if you have those options available, you will be more likely to be physically active.”

    Posted 2 years ago #
  7. chdot
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    People with type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of 57 other health conditions, including cancer, kidney disease and neurological illnesses, according to the most comprehensive study of its kind.

    Millions of people worldwide have the condition, which is linked to being overweight or inactive

    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/29/type-2-diabetes-results-higher-risk-57-other-conditions-study

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    Kevin was the first scientist to prove that UPF causes weight gain.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0c98bfy

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    @fimm A review of 170 studies finds consistent evidence that people are less likely to be obese or have diabetes if they live in cities where walking and cycling is safe and convenient

    Diabetes and obesity rates can be reduced by transforming towns and cities into places where it is safe and convenient to walk, cycle or take public transport rather than drive.

    My next door neighbours all have bikes*. These stay in yard hidden from view. During lockdown we helped get one back on road. Was used a couple of times. In last year they haven't moved even though woman next door admits it would be handy. Main reason... city centre roads just too hostile as by the time pedestrians and cars jostle for space bikes are squeezed out. I cycle due to habit and doubt I could get anyone to start now on our stair. Was just possible during lockdown...

    *have old car too which is in Grindlay St so they have to walk to use it but still find it ok - will get back to Johnson Terrace soon.

    Posted 1 year ago #
  12. chdot
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    “city centre roads just too hostile as by the time pedestrians and cars jostle for space bikes are squeezed out“

    Well yes but

    This is South Bridge at 4:15 today.

    Obviously related to NB restrictions and RM & Cockburn being shut

    But rather a lot of space to be reallocated!

    Posted 1 year ago #
  13. chdot
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    No idea if/how this would affect Scotland -

    Truss pledged during the Tory leadership campaign to light a bonfire of obesity rules if she won. “Those taxes are over. Talking about whether or not somebody should buy a two-for-one offer? No. There is definitely enough of that,” she told the Daily Mail last month.

    “What people want the government to be doing is delivering good roads, good rail services, making sure there’s broadband, making sure there’s mobile phone coverage, cutting the NHS waiting lists, helping people get a GP appointment. They don’t want the government telling them what to eat”, she added.

    A leading health campaigner, who did not want to be named, said Truss’s readiness to abandon the approach to obesity was “ideological” and driven by her belief in minimal regulation of business.

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/sep/13/liz-truss-could-scrap-anti-obesity-strategy-in-drive-to-cut-red-tape

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Within healthcare itself, healthy food and honestly just healthy physical activity does not get anywhere near enough attention it should get.”

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/sep/19/food-as-medicine-could-prescribing-fruit-and-vegetables-become-part-of-healthcare

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    James Gallagher asks whether a weight-loss drug


    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jsly

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    About 90% of diabetes patients have type 2, a condition much more likely to develop if people are overweight. About two-thirds of adults in the UK are overweight or obese.

    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/13/uk-in-rapidly-escalating-diabetes-crisis-as-cases-top-5m-report-says

    Posted 11 months ago #
  19. neddie
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    If only there was some sort of activity that could be built into daily life that could help prevent it...

    Posted 11 months ago #
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    A powerful new weight-loss medication may be approved for those aged 12 to 17. But healthcare professionals fear it ignores the underlying socioeconomic causes

    https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/30/can-drugs-fix-uk-adolescent-obesity-crisis

    Posted 11 months ago #
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    Ban smoking and tax fruit juice, says George Osborne

    Ex-chancellor urges UK PM extend sugar tax and raise legal age for tobacco to curb obesity and cancer

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/03/ban-smoking-tax-fruit-juice-george-osborne-sugar-tobacco-obesity-cancer

    Posted 11 months ago #
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    Hancock says the pandemic was unprecedented. And he says that, as secretary of state, he had to address multiple problems. He says he was told that tackling problems like obesity were the main health challenges.

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/jun/27/tories-labour-migrant-children-rwanda-rishi-sunak-keir-starmer-matt-hancock-covid-inquiry-uk-politics-live?page=with:block-649ab06a8f08a8ef57f43858#block-649ab06a8f08a8ef57f43858

    Posted 9 months ago #
  25. chdot
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    Obesity: Is it ultra-processed food, gut bacteria, or genes?

    https://archive.is/bIdCq

    Posted 8 months ago #
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    Obesity in an ageing population is 'biggest issue for NHS'

    The "penny is starting to drop", says Professor Naveed Sattar when asked whether attitudes to obesity are finally beginning to change.

    The Glasgow University academic has spent nearly 20 years as a professor of metabolic medicine working in research on drugs trials for diabetes and cardiovascular (CVD) disease.

    https://web.archive.org/web/20231112215110/https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23911852.obesity-ageing-population-biggest-issue-nhs/

    Posted 4 months ago #
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