# obesity - Wednesday 6 May, 2015
# Obesity
# Obesity
A WHO report published today said most Irish adults are likely to be overweight in 15 years’ time.
# Full Irish
# Full Irish
On current trends, some 89 percent of Irish men will be overweight by 2030, and nearly half obese.
# obesity - Tuesday 21 April, 2015
She has made some people very upset with her comments.
# obesity - Monday 30 March, 2015
# You Are What You Eat
# You Are What You Eat
More than 42 million children under the age of five are either overweight or obese.
# obesity - Wednesday 25 March, 2015
# Step Away From The Treats
# Step Away From The Treats
Catherine Noone is worried about rising obesity levels among young people.
# obesity - Thursday 19 March, 2015
# Your Say
# Your Say
David Cameron wants to do it – should we do it here?
# United Kingdom
# United Kingdom
Doctors have said the plan may actually cost money, not save it.
# obesity - Friday 20 February, 2015
# Your Say
# Your Say
The Children’s Minister said the obesity of an applicant would have to be considered.
# obesity - Thursday 12 February, 2015
# Obesity
# Obesity
Experts have said obesity can not be cured with dieting and exercise alone.
# obesity - Thursday 5 February, 2015
# Magic Number
# Magic Number
The Health Minister says some salads contain more calories than a burger meal.
# obesity - Saturday 24 January, 2015
# Health
# Health
We don’t need a nation of size 8s and Disney-proportioned cartoon characters, but we do need to admit that being overweight is not healthy.
# obesity - Wednesday 21 January, 2015
# Weighty Issue
From The Daily Edge
# Weighty Issue
An article in the British Medical Journal has kicked off a massive discussion on the way doctors treat fat people.
# obesity - Monday 5 January, 2015
# Fat Fighter
# Fat Fighter
The pill is like a “relay race”, researchers say.
# Humiliation
# Humiliation
This comes in a new study from Slimming World about the abuse faced.
# obesity - Wednesday 24 December, 2014
# Reality Bites
# Reality Bites
Lots of Irish people are kidding themselves when it comes to their weight and diet.
# obesity - Saturday 13 December, 2014
# Health
# Health
Is a quick and cheap story about a rich woman talking down to poor people easier to stomach than the truth?
# obesity - Friday 5 December, 2014
# Weight Loss
# Weight Loss
Obesity could also lead to a person losing as much as 19 years of healthy living.
# obesity - Wednesday 26 November, 2014
# Root Cause
# Root Cause
Almost three times more likely than men, in fact.
# obesity - Sunday 16 November, 2014
# Cravings
# Cravings
Treat foods are designed to be attractive to all our senses – and that’s a powerful lure, even for the strong-willed among us.
# obesity - Saturday 18 October, 2014
# Body Image
# Body Image
Rather than scaremongering children into thinking that eating sweet food will make them (horror of horrors) fat, let’s teach them about being healthy.
# obesity - Tuesday 14 October, 2014
# Overweight
# Overweight
Researchers say the plateau in childhood obesity is still unacceptably high.
# obesity - Thursday 25 September, 2014
# Big Fat Liar
From The Daily Edge
# Big Fat Liar
The results were somewhat unsurprising.
# obesity - Monday 22 September, 2014
# Childhood Obesity
# Childhood Obesity
Safefood estimates that 20% of a child’s calorific intake has little or no nutritional value.
# obesity - Tuesday 2 September, 2014
# Sugary Drinks
# Sugary Drinks
Jan O’Sullivan’s also rejected calls for a tax on fizzy drinks in the upcoming Budget. Doctors have called for urgent action to address childhood obesity
# obesity - Friday 22 August, 2014
# Her Again
From The Daily Edge
# Her Again
Inevitably, it’s all for a new TV show.
# obesity - Saturday 16 August, 2014
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
Plus: What subject had the highest failure rate in the Leaving Certificate?
# obesity - Friday 15 August, 2014
# Obesity
# Obesity
The biggest study of its kind found that over there are around 12,000 obesity-related cancers a year.
# obesity - Friday 18 July, 2014
# Obesity
# Obesity
The study, led by Trinity College, found that Irish men are on par with Americans when it comes to obesity.
# obesity - Tuesday 1 July, 2014
# St Vincent's
# St Vincent's
Kenny faced questions from the opposition benches over a decision to suspend gastric band operations at a hospital.
# obesity - Thursday 26 June, 2014
# Supersize Me
# Supersize Me
The city had gone to court seeking a reversal of an earlier decision to block the ban, which was the controversial brainchild of former mayor Michael Bloomberg.
# obesity - Monday 23 June, 2014
# Childhood Obesity
# Childhood Obesity
Fine Gael Senator Catherine Noone has said that if schools devote 30 minutes a day to exercise, it could “make a big difference for generations to come” in terms of obesity.
# Oh Sugar Sugar
# Oh Sugar Sugar
A survey says 52% of the public are in favour of the tax, compared to 46% against.
# obesity - Saturday 14 June, 2014
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
Plus: What age was the former US president who did a parachute jump for his birthday this week?
# Health
# Health
Between 1990 and 2000 the prevalence of obesity in Ireland increased by 67%.
# Childhood Obesity
# Childhood Obesity
Banning ice cream and caramel Frappuccinos will not solve our obesity problem – we need to get to the root of the what’s causing it.
# obesity - Friday 13 June, 2014
# Going To Waist
# Going To Waist
Researchers at NUI Maynooth say that there may be a problem with how we measure weight.
# Man Up
# Man Up
The research found that changing diet alone can lose more weight than doing more exercise.
# obesity - Thursday 12 June, 2014
# Whipped Into Shape
# Whipped Into Shape
Senator Catherine Noone says that the chimes are an “aggressive form of selling”.
# obesity - Thursday 29 May, 2014
# Epidemic
# Epidemic
A a new global study funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation found that obesity kills about 3.4 million people a year.
# obesity - Tuesday 27 May, 2014
# Mexico
# Mexico
Manuel Uribe had slimmed down to about 867 pounds from over 1,200.
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