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The Guardian (UK)
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Monday, Jan 12
Too fat to adopt - the married, teetotal couple rejected by council because of man's weight
It added that the adoption panel was unlikely to approve applicants with a BMI over 40 because of the long-term health risks. "It would therefore be to your advantage to begin the assessment with an up to date medical where your BMI is clearly recorded as being under 40 and to demonstrate tha...
Tuesday, Jan 6
Podcast: What would you like to find at this year's CES?
It's that time of year again: MacWorld is almost wrapped up and CES will soon be upon us, with the great and the good of the technology world descending on Las Vegas for five days of dribbling, drooling and bragging about the latest software hardware, gadget geekery and with a few power spee...
Monday, Jan 5
Apple's Steve Jobs says 'illness' is nutritional problem
If you've had surgery around the pancreas or small bowel, you can get malabsorption or nutritional symptoms," said Ross. "If you've had damage to the pancreas, you can lose enzymes that break down food." Such disorders are generally treated with dietary supplements and drugs. A common im...
Paul Levy: the usual new year's resolution unusually resolved
In truth, I started my weight-loss diet in anticipation of the new year, and am already 5kg to the good. A further truth, however, is that that's a small fraction of the weight I've put on since my svelte mid-20s. I don't really have a goal, unless it's no longer to qualify as "obese."
Wednesday, Nov 26
Most slimming products are a con, claims nutrition expert
Michael Lean, professor of human nutrition at Glasgow University, told the Guardian that of the hundreds of slimming strategies that are actively marketed at overweight people, the only ones proven to work are low-calorie diets, exercise programmes, the drugs orlistat and sibutram...
