by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, Weight Loss
To improve the public’s health and eradicate obesity, drastic measures are required. We need to tackle this challenge from 2 view points: Legislation and Taxation Education and Responsibility. Here are my suggestions on Legislation and Taxation: All farmers should be...
by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, Weight Loss
After attending the Fat Britain debate last week, whilst I enjoyed the evening I left very frustrated because I have managed to help so many people lose weight and it was clear some of the fundamental strategies of weight loss are not understood. I was very keen to...
by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, Weight Loss
Last Tuesday I attended a debate on obesity in the UK entitled Fat Britain. The debate was chaired by broadcaster Vivienne Parry and the expert panel included Susan Jebb from the Medical Research Council, Harald Schmidt from the Nuffield Council of Bioethics and...
by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, Weight Loss
In this final part of the post, I will outline what I feel is required in schools to minimise childhood obesity. All school days to begin with 30 minutes of Tai Chi as they do in China. This will help to calm the children down, improve their mental capacity and aid...
by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, Weight Loss
As I discussed in the last post, Scotland has a real problem on its hands with obesity. The Scottish parliament has taken the decision to tackle obesity from the bottom up by introducing new regulations to school dinners. I applaud their action to improve school...
by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, General Health, Weight Loss
The BBC website has revelaed that obesity levels in Scotland are the second highest in the developed world behind the USA, new statistics have revealed. The figures were published as the Scottish Government announced plans to remove sweets and fizzy drinks from...