An Apple a Day: Does it Keep the Doctor Away?

Research Paper Title Association Between Apple Consumption and Physician Visits: Appealing the Conventional Wisdom That an Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away. Importance Fruit consumption is believed to have beneficial health effects, and some claim, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Objective To examine the relationship between eating an apple a day and… Read More

MPs State that GPs should Focus on Physical Activity not Obesity

Clinicians should promote physical activity regularly to their patients rather than focus on dealing with their obesity, MPs have said. In a report from the Health Committee (Impact of Physical Activity & Diet on Health (Health Committee, 2015-03-25)), MPs said that far greater emphasis was needed on physical activity independent of issues such as obesity,… Read More

Top Employers a Whisker away from Lord Davies Gender Target

By Peter Crush writing on the CIPDs magazine ‘People Management’: A near doubling of the number of women in Britain’s boardrooms in just four years has been hailed as a major breakthrough in gender diversity. Figures published on [25 March] reveal that total female representation on FTSE 100 boards has almost doubled from 12.5 per… Read More