Genes are to Blame for Obesity in Kids

UCL reports: "A collaboration of scientists led by Professor Jane Wardle (Director of Cancer Research UK’s Health Behaviour Research Centre in UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) have published today in the ‘International Journal of Obesity’ new evidence that the...

£275m anti-obesity UK 'lifestyle revolution'

The British Government is to launch a £275m campaign to halt the country's growing obesity problem that according to some predictions will see 90% of todays children being overweight or obese by 2050. The new ad...

First Results of Merck’s Taranabant Promising for Weight Loss

A new study suggests that the experimental drug taranabant causes people to both consume fewer calories and burn more.

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