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Sofia Alessia, 27, with her daughter Alya-Valentina, 4, after weight loss surgery.

Mum who nearly died from weight loss surgery warns it 'isn't worth' it

Tirzepatide: what is weight loss drug and how is different to Ozempic?

Pamela looks unrecognisable in these pictures before and after her weight loss. Picture: Slimming World

Luton slimmer sheds 7 stone and triumphs in diabetes fight

Wegovy is now available on the NHS

Weight-loss injection Wegovy now available on the NHS

Daksha Maroo, left, pharmacy panager with Cllr Khtija Malik, Portfolio Holder with responsibility for Public Health at the free health station in Dunstable Road, Luton

Health stations in Luton offer people easy access to simple health check

A person with suspected stroke may have sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes (Photo: Adobe)

Irregular evening meal times could increase stroke risk, study warns

Your waist size should be less than half your height to keep health problems at bay (Photo: Adobe)

NHS says keep waist size to less than half your height to be healthy

People risk developing type 2 diabetes if they can’t fit into the jeans they were wearing at the age of 21, one of the world’s leading experts on the disease has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

People who ‘can’t fit into jeans they wore aged 21’ risk developing type 2 diabe...

People considered obese are more likely to catch Covid, according to a study (Getty Images)

People with higher BMI 'more likely to test positive for Covid'

More than half of adults have no idea what affects their life insurance premiums

1.7m more people will be told to shield in England - and will get priority access for Covid vaccines (Photo: Shutterstock)

1.7m more people will be told to shield in England - and will get priority acces...

Vegans are more likely to break bones than meat eaters - according to a new stud...

This is how to find out your 'Covid-age' - and what it means

A report has suggested that men with beer bellies have a higher chance o dying if they are diagnosed with prostate cancer (Getty Images)

Men with beer bellies more likely to die from prostate cancer suggests study - h...

NHS England is trying to tackle type 2 diabetes with plans to encourage some of those with the condition to undertake a soup and shakes weight-loss plan (Photo: Shutterstock)

People with type 2 diabetes will be entitled to free soups and shakes from the N...

Girls are starting puberty almost a year earlier than in the 1970s - here's why

Sleeping in front of the TV could be making you fat - here’s why

Most of the factors that lead to obesity, can be identified before a child is even born (Photo: Shutterstock)

These tests will show whether your child will be fat by the age of 10

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How commuting every day negatively affects your health and wellbeing

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Watching too much TV could lead to higher risk of heart disease and cancer

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Boys 'less fit than they were 20 years ago - regardless of their weight'

'Too much telly at age two makes for unhealthy teenagers'

Eating more slowly 'may be the best way to lose weight'

Body fat 'triggers breast cancer in normal weight women'

Diabetes and obesity '˜cause almost 800,000 cancers a year'

Eating avocados could beat heart disease and flab

Eating avocados could beat heart disease and flab

Overweight and obese workers take more sick days

Overweight and obese workers take more sick days

Slimmers who set ambitious targets lose twice as much weight

Slimmers who set ambitious targets lose twice as much weight

Women over 65 who drink two or three cups of coffee a day reduce their risk of dementia by more than a third, according to new research.

Three cups of coffee a day keeps the doctor away

Teenage boys who suffer from stress are more likely to develop diabetes in later life, warns new research

Link between Teen Stress and Diabetes

Study data showed that those carrying a spare tyre could be in for more health problems in later life - Image Pikul Noorod/Shutterstock

‘Dadbod’ worse than being fat all over scientists find

Fidgeting 'can help you live longer' say scientists

Fidgeting ‘can help you live longer’

Families invited to get alive ‘n’kicking

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