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Health experts plead with people “eat real food” after new study links Covid-19 deaths to poor diet

John Glover - April 20, 2020

HEALTH experts have issued warnings to people to eat "real food" after a new study revealed a link between Covid-19 deaths and poor diet. Leading...

Two-year-olds referred for obesity treatment by Scots health board

In Brief

Kirsty Stewart - September 6, 2017

THIRTY children aged between two and four were referred for obesity management treatment by a Scottish health board last year. NHS Lothian referred a total...

Anti-fat attitude classes should be rolled out in schools, scientists claim

Entertainment

Kirsty Stewart - January 10, 2016

ANTI-FAT attitude classes should be rolled out in schools to stop overweight people being bullied, scientists claim. Scottish researchers are calling for an “attitude intervention”...

Ambulance chiefs spend £3.5m on kit for fat Scots as obesity call outs more than double

Health

Deadline News Journalist - September 24, 2015

AMBULANCE chiefs have been forced to spend an estimated £3.5m on specialist equipment to treat Scots patients weighing up to 70 stone. The move follows...

Obese Scots have to be buried – because their bodies don’t fit into furnaces

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - August 16, 2015

OBESE Scots are being buried rather than cremated - because their coffins are too big for traditional furnaces. Funeral directors have warned that Britain’s obesity...

Study reveals the secret weight loss tactics spouses use on each other

Health

Deadline News Journalist - February 20, 2015

OVER half of Scots think their partner is overweight but nearly a third are too scared to say anything, according to a recent study. The...

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