Healthy Weight HIT News
Ultra-processed food makes up almost two-thirds of calorie intake of UK adolescents
Adolescents consume around two-thirds of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs) new research from…
Healthy Weight HIT 2023-24
Generating evidence to improve weight management practice HIT co-director Karen Coulman has published research…
Family and media pressure to lose weight in adolescence linked to how people value themselves almost two decades later
People who as teenagers felt pressure to lose weight from family or from the media,…
Co-designing health services – what should commissioners consider?
Building relationships, creating supportive organisational cultures and developing the evidence base are key considerations for…
International Women's Day 2024: Shining a spotlight on women’s health
March 2, 2024, saw another amazing staging of Bristol’s Women’s Voice’s annual International Women’s Day…
Supporting childbearing women to maintain a healthy weight could reduce the risk of pregnancy complications, study finds
Supporting women of childbearing age to have a healthy weight could reduce the risk…
Diet in childhood linked to blood vessel damage in teenage years
Diets high in calories, fat and sugar in childhood can cause damage to blood vessel…
Light physical activity shows great promise in reversing childhood obesity caused by being sedentary
Increased sedentary time from childhood through young adulthood caused increased body fat and abdominal fat…
Type 2 diabetes remission diet impacts on metabolic health
People with type 2 diabetes who took part in a diet-assisted weight loss trial,…
Few eligible patients get access to publicly funded weight management programmes in England
Of the more than 1.8 million adults in England with a recorded diagnosis of being…
NHS policies on patient's weight and access to hip replacement surgery are inappropriate, study finds
Weight and body mass index (BMI) policies introduced by NHS commissioning groups in England are…
