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As you get older, you start to realise more and more how important sleep is to your wellbeing. However, what you might not realise is that lack of sleep not only affects your mental health and energy levels, it also causes you to gain…

You know that drinking water is vital to your wellness – especially in the summer – but getting plenty of H2O can also help you to lose more weight. This is according to a new review of several prior studies, published in the American…

Video games are bad for your wellness, right? They cause you to stay inside (no sunny vitamin D for you), remain sedentary (no wellbeing-improving exercise) and snack on junk food (hello, weight gain). However, researchers at Temple…

If you aren't sleeping well, research suggests that it may have a negative impact on your weight. A spokesperson for The Sleep Council has explained that a recent sleep study showed that you may eat more while you're awake to compensate for…

In the US – and here in Blighty – it’s not exactly hard to get your hands on junk food. Wellness experts assert that this is the reason why obesity in the US has skyrocketed over recent years, but does easy accessibility of cheap junk food…

If you’re obese, your wellbeing may be at risk to weight-related conditions, such as diabetes. However, according to a new Thai study, published in journal Diabetes Care, a compound found in curry spice may help prevent diabetes in people…

While some people go on a gluten-free diet to lose weight, more of us may need to as our wellbeing may depend on it. This is according to a new study from researchers at the Mayo Clinic, which found that of the two million Americans who…

Hormones affect a number of our bodily functions, but did you know that they can actually affect how much weight you gain? It could explain why some people struggle to lose weight, regardless of what methods they try. According to current…

EU-funded research has discovered that good nutrition in the womb, and in the early stages of life, can affect our susceptibility to obesity, heart disease, chronic lung disease, diabetes and even cognitive functions. The findings have now…

Around 13 million children aged between 2 to 19 are obese in the United States alone, with the levels of this condition rising each year. Obese children are more likely to have high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol. The…

You may think that your baby’s weight will only have an impact on his physical health, but it may influence other aspects of his wellbeing. This is according to new Australian research, which found that the amount of weight your baby gains…

There are plenty of reasons to lose weight, whether you want to look better, have more energy or guard your wellbeing against weight-related health conditions. However, a new study has found another motivation that might stir you into…

New front-of-package labels are being rolled out in the UK as a way of trying to assist customers in making healthier food choices. As obesity levels rise, experts are claiming that the lack of education about what's really in our food is…

With childhood obesity at an all-time high, there has been a surge in wellness programmes designed to help children to lose weight, and guard their wellbeing against related diseases. However, according to a review of the evidence,…

While you may think that women try to lose weight and look good for the opposite sex, my mother always told me “women dress for women”. Now, it seems, men also aim for size acceptance from the peers, and not their fairer counterparts. Yet…

A body image study carried out by Victoria University found that the majority of men were happy with their size where their relationship was concerned, but felt insecure when it came to comparing their body parts to other men. In fact, most…

You may need your morning cup of Joe to get you going in the morning, but you’re damaging your waistline in the process. This is according to a new Australian study, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, which found…

You may be worried that any wellness problems you may have will be passed on to your children, but you should be more concerned about your parent’s health. This is according to a new study, published in the journal Endocrinology, which…

Although it may not sound like it, brown fat is vital for your weight loss wellness. It is an energy-burning tissue that is important to your body's ability to keep warm and regulate temperature, as well as being associated with lower…

Pregnancy is a brilliant excuse to eat what you want, right? I mean, you’re going to get bigger anyway, and you’re eating for two, so as long as you’re not damaging your baby’s wellbeing, surely it’s all-systems-go on the pig-out front.…

With weight gain problems still prevalent in the West today, wellness experts have been forced to find different and better ways to surgically treat obesity. Into this arena comes the intragastric balloon, one of the newest players in…

Why do you snack? Are you genuinely hungry? Is it a habit? Are you just bored? These are the questions that a research team at Aberdeen's Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health are trying to answer, with a new study aiming to learn why…

If you’re one of those annoying people who look good in whatever they wear, holidays, weddings and special occasions are diary dates to look forward to. If you maybe want to shift a few pounds, on the other hand, these occasions can fill…

A recent study has found that health problems connected to obesity, such as heart disease and diabetes, could be passed on through pregnancy and skip a generation. Researchers have found that the infants of obese mothers could be spared the…

If you want increase your fitness levels, four-minute bursts of high-intensity exercise will do the trick. This is according to a new study, published in the Public Library of Science’s PLoS ONE journal, which found that high-intensity…

In a new bid to lose weight, dieters are opting to have a plastic patch sewn onto their tongue which makes eating solid food so painful that they're forced to resort to a liquid diet. Launched in 2009 by plastic surgeon Nikolas Chugay, this…

While women have, in recent years, deemed thin as synonymous with, a new trend appears to have sneaked into vogue, displacing the once yearned-for-by-men and envied-by-women skinny model. Now, the voluptuous bodies of Beyonce, Nicki Minaj,…

Child weight wellness in Salford is currently under consideration, as the council is consulting over whether to ban new fish and chip shops (as well as kebab shops, and chains such as McDonald's) from serving hot food before 5pm if they are…

In the US, many health insurance plans now include wellness benefits such as discounted gym memberships, access to commercial weight loss programmes and classes in nutrition and wellbeing, in order to control escalating medical spending due…

The likelihood of your baby’s wellness being affected by obesity and many other health problems might be determined in the womb. This is according to a report published this month by a British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) task force, who said…