Childhood obesity has clearly become a serious personal and public health problem for the world population.
The same is true in the UK, where childhood obesity has risen to almost epidemic proportions. It is estimated that …

A study of more than 9000 people has found that a quarter of those who were seriously in debt were clinically obese.
A recent study by scientists in Germany has found a ‘significant link’ between indebtedness …

Last week, I settled down for a lazy midweek evening in front of the TV and scanned the channels to consider my choices.
On BBC1, there was a documentary called Fix My Fat Head, a video …

Hubby Phil’s recipe to lose weight
She famously had a gastric band fitted round her stomach but Fern Britton’s husband has revealed his wife had another secret up her sleeve.
Tv chef Phil Vickery admitted last night …

JoAnne Zoller Wagner’s diagnosis as prediabetic wasn’t enough to compel her to change her habits and lose 30 pounds. Not even with the knowledge her sister had died because of diabetes.
“I didn’t have that sense …

Morbidly Obese Definition
Morbid obesity refers to individuals who are 50 – 100% above their ideal body weight.
The best way to measure how healthy someone’s weight is in relation to their height is to calculate their …

Mr David Kendrick, Vita Clinic’s National Bariatric Psychologist explained at the West Midlands National Obesity Forum’s Regional meeting on 20th April 2009 how crucial it was that patients suffering from morbid obesity had access to …

Alli is the first over-the-counter weight loss pill and has gone on sale in chemists across the UK this month. It’s actually not a new diet drug since the pill has been available here in …

The number of patients requiring operations for painful kidney stones has risen by one third in five years, driven in part by the growing obesity crisis, experts have warned.
More and more patients are having to …

A new healthy living campaign aimed at tackling Britain’s soaring obesity rates has been officially launched by the Government.  The way we live in modern society means a lot of us, especially our kids, have …

Vita Clinics very own Carel Le Roux, Bariatric Physician Adviser and world leader in metabolism, features in Horizon’s Why are Thin People Not Fat? (BBC2, 9pm, 26 January). This is a controversial overeating experiment that …