Tag Archives: obesity

When I was growing up in the ‘70s and ‘80s, “portly” people were a constant source of derision. Cartoon, children’s book and slapstick movie characters from Fat Albert to Fred Flintstone, PC Plod to Augustus Gloop, and Fatty Arbuckle to Oliver Hardy, were always portrayed as slow, dim-witted, inept, greedy …

Now, as usual with woke cultural weapons, this poisonous concept comes wrapped in silk, with a pink bow. Simply by stubbornly ignoring the concept’s malicious and deadly end-road, its advocates merely choose a name that sounds warmhearted and uplifting. Body Positive – who could be against that? Nothing but inclusivity …

In 2019, the UK’s Tory government described childhood obesity as “one of the biggest health challenges this country faces.” Months later the jumbo-sized problem faded into insignificance as Britons were forced to isolate themselves in their own homes as an invisible enemy, Covid-19, pushed the UK’s healthcare infrastructure to the …

The CEO of salad chain Sweetgreen was recently chastised by leftist journalists for a LinkedIn post suggesting that obesity has been a significant factor contributing to poor health in the context of Covid morbidity and mortality. Vice magazine took similar umbrage when the CEO of Whole Foods expressed the same …

Around 75 of doctors and nurses in Palm Beach gathered outside their hospital early on Monday to talk to local TV news crews, arguing that they are seeing double the number of coronavirus patients from last year and that most of them were unvaccinated adults. They urged the community to …

It’s one of the fastest-growing diseases in the world. It’s a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, strokes and amputations. Around 40 years ago, just over 100 million people suffered from it worldwide – today that figure is a whopping 450 million. And in 20 years’ time it’ll …

A new report by the World Obesity Federation, COVID-19 and Obesity: The 2021 Atlas, suggests that having a spare tyre is a major risk factor for dying from Covid-19. While there’s no doubt that being fat can make the disease worse, the alarmist headline figures are a result of dubious international …

The UK government’s latest attempt to tackle the obesity crisis has exposed a truth that many of us suspected all along: we are, as a nation, destined to pay a heavy price for our prime minister catching Covid-19. With around two-thirds of Brits either overweight or obese, and our pudgy …

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is a left-leaning think tank that has a track record of supporting state intervention in our lives. Moreover, the IPPR’s new report, The Whole Society Approach: Making A Giant Leap On Childhood Health, has been bankrolled by three charities – Cancer Research UK, …

“95% of people will devote themselves to idleness”   Doctors interviewed by RIA “Novosti” considered that the transition to a four-day workweek will increase the number of Russians who are obese and suffering from neurotic disorders. “In very rare cases, people begin to engage in self-development, including sports, if they …