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Tackling issues such as low self-esteem, depression, anxiety and poor social relationships could be key when dealing with severe adolescent obesity, Leeds Beckett University research suggests. The prevalence of childhood obesity – and more specifically, severe obesity – has increased rapidly throughout the last three decades in the UK. With an estimated 2.9% of girls…

Today is World Alzheimer’s Day, an international campaign to raises awareness and champion the rights of people with dementia. As many as 46.8 million people are currently living with dementia, according to the latest figures from the Alzheimer’s Society. This number is expected to treble by 2050, growing with the aging population. Dementia is a syndrome, a set…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recently published a report on women’s health and well-being in Europe. The report reveals that women in Europe are living longer and healthier lives, with significant progress made in ‘gender equality and other social, economic and environmental determinants of women’s health and well-being.’ However, Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director…

Over half of men living in Britain feel more comfortable discussing mental health issues such as depression with their barbers than their doctors, according to a survey from men’s mental health charity The Lions Barber Collective and male grooming brand The Bluebeards Revenge. The survey, which sampled 1908 men currently living in Britain*, revealed that…

The Department of Health has recently published a report on the health and well-being of year 10 secondary school pupils in England. The report, entitled ‘Longitudinal Study of Young People in England cohort 2: health and wellbeing at wave 2’, surveyed pupils in 2005 and 2014 and compared the results. Marked differences were noted, with 2014 pupils…