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Five minutes more exercise each day and half an hour less sitting time each day could help millions of people live longer, according to an ... More

Ultra-processed foods are damaging public health, fuelling chronic diseases globally and deepening health inequalities, according to a series from The Lancet on ultra-processed foods and human ... More

New research published by The Lancet Public Health has found 7,000 steps a day can be enough to protect against a range of illnesses. This ... More

Improvements in life expectancy in Europe have slowed according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health Journal, with England showing the largest deceleration. ... More

Fifty eight researchers are challenging the way obesity is defined and diagnosed, calling for a more nuanced approach than measuring body mass index (BMI). A ... More

Untreated vision loss and bad cholesterol have been cited in new research as high risk factors for dementia, according to a Lancet Commission study, part-funded ... More

Thirty one per cent of adults worldwide – approximately 1.8 billion people – did not meet the recommended levels of physical activity in 2022, according ... More

Persistent and rising levels of lifestyle disease across the world have exacerbated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The ... More

The pandemic has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in 93 per cent of countries worldwide, according to a new survey by the World ... More

Humphrey Cobbold, CEO of Pure Gym, appeared on BBC Question Time last night (26 March 2020), along with Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet, Emily ... More

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future health at ... More

New science has revealed a potential solution to age-related diseases which works on a systemic basis, improving overall health and reducing the need to treat ... More

Teenagers' 'incessant' use of social media is radically reducing the time they spend sleeping and exercising – and could have a detrimental effect on mental ... More

Children who exercise for at least one hour a day, get nine to 11 hours of sleep at night and spend two hours or less ... More

A 'shocking' rise in childhood obesity figures means Britain must act now or risk the scales tipping further, according to ukactive. The number of obese ... More

One in four people worldwide do not meet daily exercise guidelines but need only undertake simple tasks to reduce risk of death and heart disease ... More

The British public has been under-reporting its daily calorie consumption, potentially misleading policymakers to focus on wrong strategies – such as increasing physical activity levels ... More

Office workers who spend their days sitting down are urged to exercise for at least one hour each day in order to combat the serious ... More

Obesity is a disease which cannot be reliably prevented or cured with current frontline methods, according to a feature published in The Lancet. Going forward, ... More

Encouraging people to improve their diet and exercise more may not be enough to overcome the obesity epidemic, according to several new research papers. Writing ... More

The UK is the fourth worst country in the world for rates of cancer caused by obesity in men, a recent study has discovered. The ... More

Around 12,000 cases of cancer each year are caused by people being overweight or obese, according to a new study published in The Lancet medical ... More

A recent study has suggested that football participation in professional environments could be a good method to get men to lose weight. The Scottish study ... More

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed a mathematical model that predicts how weight and body fat in children respond to changes ... More

Premature mortality in the UK is “persistently and significantly” below the mean of other European Union countries, according to analysis of British health data published ... More