Research Paper Title Longitudinal Study of Body Mass Index in Young Males and the Transition to Fatherhood. Background Despite a growing understanding that the social determinants of health have an impact on body mass index (BMI), the role of fatherhood on young men’s BMI is understudied. This longitudinal study examined BMI in young men over… Read More
Research Paper Title The Influence of Partner’s Behaviour on Health Behaviour Change: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Importance Couples are highly concordant for unhealthy behaviours, and a change in one partner’s health behaviour is often associated with a change in the other partner’s behaviour. However, no studies have explicitly compared the influence of having a… Read More
This article, by Emma Lewis writing in the British Medical Journal, looks at the issue of losing weight from the perspective of a patient in a GP consultation. It makes for a very interesting read. I am one of over 97% of people for whom dieting does not lead to sustained weight loss.1 2 3… Read More
Research Paper Title Weight Loss, Glycaemic Control, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Response to Differential Diet Composition in a Weight Loss Programme in Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomised Controlled Trial. Objective To test whether a weight loss programme promotes greater weight loss, glycaemic control, and improved cardiovascular disease risk factors compared with control conditions… Read More
Research Paper Title Long Term Maintenance of Weight Loss with Non-surgical Interventions in Obese Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses of Randomised Controlled Trials. Study Question What is the randomised controlled Evidence for the effectiveness of non-surgical weight interventions for maintenance of weight loss? Summary Answer Behavioural interventions covering both diet and physical activity show small… Read More
Episode 3 of ‘The Men Who Made Us Thin’. Last night’s programme was very interesting, it talked about BMI (Body Mass Index) classifications and bariatric surgery. Based on last episode’s premise that “‘exercise is an inefficient means of weight loss”, this week’s chat about surgical interventions as a ‘valid’ method of weight loss came as… Read More
I watched episode 2 of the the documentary ‘The Men Who Made Us Thin’ last night on BBC2. In this episode Jacques Peretti examines the links between exercise and weight loss as he charts the story of the fitness industry. He also sheds light on the search for a safe weight loss pill. The constant… Read More
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