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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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Scottish Association of Social Workers reacts to 'fat family' criticism
Parents are being urged not to lose confidence in social workers following the row over Dundee's so-called "fat family". (...)
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Return to fitness is a big weight off Diane's mind
A Kirriemuir woman has discovered clothes shopping after losing nearly seven stones. (...)
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Steven marking return to fitness with length-of-Britain cycle for CHAS
A Glenrothes man is preparing to fulfil a lifetime ambition by cycling the length of Britain. But what makes Steven McEwan's efforts all the more remarkable is the fact that less than two years ago he was eight stones heavier than he is now. (...)
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Woman's 'weight problem' turned out to be 21lb football-sized ovarian cyst
A West Fife woman has revealed her shock at finding out she had a 21lb ovarian cyst — the size of a football. (...)
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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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New mother praises Ninewells Hospital clinic's sensitivity on weighty issue
A Broughty Ferry mother has lost over four stones since giving birth to her first child 16 weeks ago. (...)
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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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John Daly 'at peace' in St Andrews — despite the trousers
Resplendent in the lucky and garish 'Pazeltines' he wore in going top of the leaderboard in last week's Barclays Scottish Open, John Daly again suggested at St Andrews that he might have something more on the go than simply the wrong trousers. (...)
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Bodybuilder John McCutcheon still going strong at 76
While most of his contemporaries are enjoying a quiet retirement, veteran Perth bodybuilder John McCutcheon is training hard at the gym to retain his enviable physique. (...)
More on: Perth | Black Watch | John McCutcheon | Charles Atlas | Railway Athletic Club
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
