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City council makes it its mission to help Dundee battle the bulge
A long-term campaign to encourage people in Dundee to keep to a healthy weight has been given the go-ahead. (...)
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Universities join public health research network
Dundee and St Andrews universities are to join a new research network that aims to tackle some of Scotland's biggest public health problems. (...)
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Swimming sessions offered to overweight mums-to-be
Overweight mums-to-be are being offered exclusive sessions in a Dundee swimming pool with a specially trained midwife. (...)
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NHS advises egg rations for Easter
Doting grannies and aunties are being asked to consider giving children an alternative to an Easter egg this weekend. (...)
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Tayside sees 14 gastric band surgeries in 2011
Drastic surgery has been performed on 14 extremely obese patients in Dundee's Ninewells Hospital this year in a bid to reduce their weight. (...)
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Chris Ninham's marathon challenge to thank British Heart Foundation
A "clinically obese" Perth man is preparing for his biggest ever physical challenge in aid of a charity close to his heart. (...)
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Huge increase in NHS Tayside's obesity drug costs
NHS Tayside is now spending 19 times what it did in 1999 on anti-obesity drugs, new figures have revealed. (...)
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A call for caution over Christmas excess
One child in Tayside gained a stone over a two-week period during last Christmas and New Year, twice the average weight gain for an adult, according to NHS Tayside's children's obesity service. (...)
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Child obesity target 'hides true scale' of Tayside problem
A Tayside health chief has admitted that hundreds of fat children targeted for lifestyle change did not reveal the true scale of the obesity problem locally. (...)
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Room for optimism in the fight against flab
The number of overweight people in Scotland has dropped for the first time since the mid-1990s, a new study of the nation's health has found. (...)
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Tackling the 'obesogenic environment'
Fat people now have somebody else to blame for their expanding waistlines — it could be the men and women who pay their wages. (...)
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Around 600 hits for Shona Robison's live NHS grilling
Soap opera it was not but NHS Tayside's first foray into live broadcasting attracted a large audience on Tuesday. (...)
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Professor hits out over 'fat, not obese' call
A war of words has broken out over the most appropriate term for Britain's bulging population. (...)
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Service sees rise in Tayside pre-school obesity
One in five of Tayside’s children are obese by the time they start primary school, according to the region’s childhood obesity lead. (...)
More on: Scottish Government | Paediatric Obesity Service Tayside | National Obesity Forum | Tayside | Laura Stewart
Terms for obesity thought 'rude' by many
Doctors are being given a hard time by overweight patients offended when the subject of their weight is broached, a Dundee University researcher has said. (...)
More on: Centre for Public Health Nutrition Research | Annie Anderson | Dundee University | Scotland | Scottish School of Primary Care
