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Zoo asked to scan obese patients

BOSSES at Edinburgh Zoo are turning down a request a month from Scottish health boards asking for help to carry out scans on obese...

Firefighters rescue 220 obese Scots in five years

FIREFIGHTERS have been called in to rescue at least 220 obese Scots over the past five years who were too overweight to move themselves. Victims...

IVF withheld from couples who smoke

COUPLES who smoke are to be denied IVF treatment by Scottish health chiefs. NHS Fife will be the first health board in Scotland to refuse...

Experts round on Salmond’s “weight problem” ahead of obesity war

By Michael MacLeod SCOTLAND’S First Minister has been slammed for “letting himself go” by fat-fighting health campaigners. The National Obesity Forum say curry-loving SNP leader Alex...

Millions spent on fat-busting pills

By Andrea McCallum THE NHS is shelling out £4 million a year on fat-busting drugs for the obese, with more than 110,000 prescriptions being...

Tubby teen fit for light duties

By Paul Thornton A ROLY poly knife yob who faced jail if he proved too fat for community service has been spared a prison sentence...

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