The BBC Health News section carried a headline that caught our eye in the Healthy Performance office this week … “”Diet swap experiment reveals junk food’s harm to guts,” Researchers asked people to switch diets for two weeks – 20 US volunteers moved to a low-fat, high-fibre diet while 20 volunteers from rural Africa were … Read more
A controversial artificial sweetener is being removed from Diet Pepsi in the US amid consumer concerns about its safety. The decision to swap sweeteners comes as Americans consumers keep turning away from popular diet sodas. Coca-Cola have said that their sales volume for Diet Coke, which also uses aspartame, fell 5 percent in North America … Read more
The health pages of all of the major media outlets have gone into over drive in the last week about the report into weight loss and why scientists now believe that exercise plays an entirely trivial role in it. The report was published as an editorial in the British Medical Journal and the content appears to … Read more
Being obese is all down to bad diet rather than a lack of exercise, according to a trio of doctors who have reopened the debate about whether food, sedentary lifestyles or both are responsible for the obesity epidemic. In an article in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, three experts said it was time to “bust … Read more
Beating Bowel Cancer, a leading charity has warned that thousands of people in England are dying from bowel cancer because their disease is spotted too late. They also found that there is a wide variation within the NHS in England in diagnosing the disease. The figures show that if every NHS region in England performed as well … Read more
A news study has classified obese people into 6 distinct categories, which has led scientists to call for bespoke treatment rather than a “one size fits all” approach to tackling the epidemic. Obesity is currently costing the National Health Service more than £6 billion a year. Researchers have identified the groups as heavy drinking males, … Read more
A third of employees in the UK (38%) have experienced some form of interpersonal conflict at work last year, according to new research from The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). This this includes over a quarter of employees (29%) who have had isolated disputes or clashes and a further one in four (28%) who report … Read more
There is interesting advice coming from the leading heart health charity on the other side of the Atlantic, the American Heart Association – they’re advising that employers who want to encourage heart-healthy behaviour by employees should share seven important messages. This message is highlighted in the association’s new guidelines for employers who want to promote heart health … Read more
Setting up your workplace correctly is not just a necessity for DSE (Display Screen Equipment) regulations, but also a way of safeguarding yourself against nasty workplaces issues such as backache, neckache and the dreaded RSI. So here are Posture People’s top tips for making sure you are sitting right and maximising your productivity at work. … Read more
There is an interesting piece on the Daily Telegraph website this morning. Francoise Wilhelmi de Toledo is a renowned medical director at the Buchinger Wilhelmi Clinic. A lot of focus in her role is around the management of diseases including obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and cancer. Inevitably, a lot of attention is around diets … Read more
The Easter break has bought something that most employees in the UK will have forgotten about over the last 6 months or so – warm weather and sunshine. With hot temperatures, it is always wise to remind staff about skin awareness. This is particularly prevalent this week following a warning from Cancer Research UK. New … Read more
The shorter you are, the greater your risk of heart problems, a team at the University of Leicester says. The study, of nearly 200,000 people, found sections of DNA that control both height and heart health. Shorter people may have an increased risk of heart disease, according to a new study that says not … Read more
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