Category Archives: Weight Loss News

New research presented at the European Congress in Liverpool (ECO) beginning today (Sunday 12 May) shows a possible link between obesity and height in childhood and endometrial cancer in adulthood. The research* is by Julie Aarestrup, Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues…

A new study of 1.2 million self-funded Slimming World members – presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity in Liverpool, UK – reveals that people of all sizes, from slightly overweight to severely overweight in the higher body-mass index (BMI) range are equally likely to lose weight through a programme based on healthy lifestyle behaviour change…

Research presented as this year’s European Congress on Obesity shows that waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is a better predictor of mortality risk than body mass index (BMI). The research is by Dr Margaret Ashwell, Ashwell Associates and Oxford Brookes University, UK, Professor Ben Rickayzen and Professor Les Mayhew both at Cass Business School, City University London, UK, and colleagues…

A new study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine found that the average meal from independent and small-chain restaurants contains more than half of a person’s recommended daily calorie intake. On average, meals from such restaurants contained around three times the amount of energy that an adult should consume in a single meal…

Paying attention to what we eat while we eat it, and then carefully recording food consumption using a smart phone, helps people lose weight, according to a new study. The research is being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO), being held in Liverpool (12-15 May), and is by Dr Eric Robinson, University of Liverpool, UK, and and colleagues…