Following on from the publication of the Foresight Report1 by the previous UK Government, there is now a broad recognition that the obesity epidemic is largely driven by changes in modern ...
In recent years, skiing has been increasingly popular as a winter sport. As the memories of summer fade away, most people don’t think to use sun protection during their winter holidays in ski ...
There is still considerable debate about the fractions of cancer mortality due to ‘environmental’ factors. Related morbidity tends to be ignored. Doll and Peto’s 1981 best estimate for ...
Three leading health charities: the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK and Diabetes UK, have banded together to raise awareness of the dangers of visceral fat – a major contributor ...
High in energy, fat and salt and low in fruit and vegetables – the Scottish diet is notoriously poor. Only 22% of Scots meet the recommended daily intake of five portions of fruit or ...