Overweight people not controlling what they eat are responsible for Bermuda’s health outcomes failing to match its high expenditure on medical care, MPs heard.
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Overweight people not controlling what they eat are responsi...
There is no doubt about it, our pets are increasing in weight.
Around 60 per cent of dogs and 55 per cent of cats are classified as overweight or obese accordin...
There is no doubt about it, our pets are increasing in weigh...
It’s that time of the year when a middle-aged person’s fancy turns to treadmills and diets. Scientific literature on excess weight and health is expanding along...
It’s that time of the year when a middle-aged person’s fancy...
From funeral homes to hospital beds, the island’s obesity crisis exacts a growing toll beyond the impact of chronic disease.
According to the Bermuda Hospitals ...
From funeral homes to hospital beds, the island’s obesity cr...
The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Barbados, invited Marie Beach, Department of Health, Healthy Schools Coordinator to...
The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) and the Heart and Stro...
A teenage student exploring the science of taste can now reveal how she tracked down a potential genetic basis for the “sweet tooth”.
Kameron Young, an Internat...
A teenage student exploring the science of taste can now rev...
The new sugar tax could steer customers away from locally made products in favour of international competitors, according to some local businesses.
The Governme...
The new sugar tax could steer customers away from locally ma...
There is a lot of fitness information out there, much of which won’t help you to meet your goals.
Below are just some of the myths:
• You can just burn off all ...
There is a lot of fitness information out there, much of whi...
Poorer families will not be unfairly targeted by a sugar tax, the Ministry of Health said yesterday.
The consultation paper on the tax explained that the propo...
Poorer families will not be unfairly targeted by a sugar tax...
Halting the rise in obesity and diabetes will be the focus of a symposium in January.
As the island marks World Diabetes Day today, the Ministry of Health repe...
Halting the rise in obesity and diabetes will be the focus o...
Obesity and diabetes could cost Bermuda $26 million in health insurance claims over the next decade, Kim Wilson warned today.
The Minister of Health told the H...
Obesity and diabetes could cost Bermuda $26 million in healt...
Campaigners fear the public are “turned off” by obesity risks despite its crippling impact on Bermuda’s health and economy.
More than 8,000 people suffer from l...
Campaigners fear the public are “turned off” by obesity risk...
Ayesha Peets Talbot saw herself as the heroic hospital doctor, providing specialised care for the seriously ill.
Instead, she became a bariatric specialist; her...
Ayesha Peets Talbot saw herself as the heroic hospital docto...
A new documentary aims to change the way Bermudians think about eating.
Produced by Bermuda Media, Greezin sheds light on the lifestyle choices behind the islan...
A new documentary aims to change the way Bermudians think ab...
The ‘Commit to Change’ fair comes to City Hall this Thursday to mark World Health Day.
The event, from 11am to 2pm, will show members of the public how to live ...
The ‘Commit to Change’ fair comes to City Hall this Thursday...
Melanie Gardiner embarked on a six-year course to become a nutritional therapist after she found out she had coeliac disease.
Now more than halfway through her...
Melanie Gardiner embarked on a six-year course to become a n...
People are being urged to take personal responsibility in the fight against obesity and poor health.
Doctors alone cannot do it all, according to Dy-Juan DeRoz...
People are being urged to take personal responsibility in th...
More must be done to address the growing issue of obesity and diabetes, according to local endocrinologist Annabel Fountain.
A recent study found that almost th...
More must be done to address the growing issue of obesity an...
It is easy to judge fat people. The thin among us assume they sit around stuffing their faces with junk food, and that they are lazy and never exercise.
Accordi...
It is easy to judge fat people. The thin among us assume the...
The Bermuda Diabetes Association has backed calls for a sugar tax in the wake of alarming obesity statistics.
A new study revealed 74.6 per cent of people are o...
The Bermuda Diabetes Association has backed calls for a suga...
Kim Wilson, the Shadow Minister of Health, has reissued a call for a “sugar tax” in the wake of alarming new obesity statistics.
A recent survey revealed that n...
Kim Wilson, the Shadow Minister of Health, has reissued a ca...
An “astounding” three-quarters of Bermudians are obese or overweight, Health Minister Jeanne Atherden yesterday told legislators.
Reporting the figures from the...
An “astounding” three-quarters of Bermudians are obese or ov...
A “sugar tax” on junk food and soda could help to tackle Bermuda’s obesity problem, according to Shadow Health Minister Kim Wilson.
The Progressive Labour Part...
A “sugar tax” on junk food and soda could help to tackle Ber...
Dr Ryan Lussenden a surgeon at the Florida Medical Centre said he chose bariatric surgery as one of his specialities because there is an element of joyousness a...
Dr Ryan Lussenden a surgeon at the Florida Medical Centre sa...
Bermuda’s citizens must apply public pressure to support the movement against obesity, a leading US nutrition expert has urged.
Worldwide, obesity is now the fi...
Bermuda’s citizens must apply public pressure to support the...
