Alison Hammond slams This Morning guest who won’t hire overweight staff: ‘I am not lazy!’

Samantha revealed she had been bigger in the past and said: “From personal experience you are more lethargic and more lazy.” “What size do you say is acceptable?” Ruth asked as Samantha replied: “I know it’s going to get me into trouble, size six to 16.” The fitness writer claimed many others share her views but are too […]

Obese child placed in foster care after mother made her ‘dangerously overweight’

A severely-overweight 12-year-old has been taken from her mother after doctors found her Body Mass Index (BMI) was “dangerously high.” The child, who can’t be named for legal reasons, is now in care. Medical and social services staff feared for the child’s safety, advocating that the child be removed from her mother’s guardianship and placed […]

Rheumatoid arthritis: Overweight and obese people at greater risk 

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term autoimmune condition that causes pain, swelling and stiffness in the joints. Researchers from New York City’s Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Cornell Medical School examined data from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort, an observational trial of patients with early RA, with the aim of finding out how excess […]

Obesity crisis hits NHS as one in four nurses is now overweight

This rises to almost half when considering nurses aged 45 and over, researchers found. Experts said the figures were “deeply worrying”. Meanwhile, one in three unregistered care workers – such as care home workers and nursing assistants – was found to have a Body Mass Index (BMI) score which classed them as obese. Researchers from […]

Being overweight RAMPS UP risk of dementia by as much as a THIRD

Being overweight reduces blood flow to the brain, starving it of oxygen and impairing mental function.  Those with a high Body Mass Index in their fifties are far more likely to develop the condition in their seventies, a study of more than 1.3 million people found.  The research by British scientists shows each five-point increase […]