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Tag Archives: Obesity
Some good things happened in 2020
It would be too easy just to concentrate on what went wrong in 2020. Brexit and the Coronavirus would come top of the list. But it would be wrong to write off 2020 as a total failure. Some good things … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Community values, Donald trump, Low paid staff, NHS, Obesity, Public Health, The environment, UK tourism
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1p on income tax for the NHS and that’s just the start
The NHS needs more money. No-one should be any doubt about that. The NHS cannot operate without staff from ward orderlies to Consultants. It needs huge numbers of supplies from drugs to loo rolls; from blankets to bed pans; from … Continue reading
Some facts about the NHS and the amendment on the Queens Speech
Over the last few hours I have seen a load of twaddle talked about the NHS and the Labour amendment on the Queens Speech largely by people who seem to know little about how the NHS or Parliament works. Let’s … Continue reading
40 PER CENT INCREASE IN TYPE 2 DIABETES IN CHILDREN
Too many children look like this because they eat too many of this type of product and drink too much sugary drinks. Burgers and chips need to be treats and not part of a staple diet The number of children … Continue reading
Posted in Public Health
Tagged Burgers, Childhood obesity, NHS, Obesity, PHE, Public Health England, Sugary Drinks, Type 2 diabetes
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Sugar and Salt the New Nicotine!
We need to make a massive improvement to the diets of everyone but especially children if we are to stop what can only be described as the obesity tsunami facing our Country Regular readers of this blog might feel that … Continue reading
Is Liverpool 1 putting profits before Children’s Health?
Too many of our children look like this because they eating and drinking things like this. Liverpool 1 must say no to Coca-Cola Last Wednesday I wrote to Liverpool One in two ways to try and ascertain whether or not … Continue reading
Posted in Health Service Debate, Public Health
Tagged Burgers, Childhood obesity, Coca-Cola, Junk Food, Liverpool 1, Obesity, Obesity in Liverpool
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If we want good health we need to pay for it
Norman Lamb was a first class Health Minister and Lib Dem Health Spokesperson. The policy he announced today shows courage and determination as well as a desire to bring people of all Parties and none together to try and achieve … Continue reading
No the Sugar Tax won’t solve the obesity problem
This is the fourth blog I have done about obesity this year so you might think I am obsessed. You would be right. As the saying goes ‘obesity is the new tobacco’. Obesity is a killer either directly or by … Continue reading
Posted in Public Health
Tagged Childhood obesity, Coca-Cola, Diabetes, fizzy drinks, Obesity, Public Health, Sugar, Sugar Tax, Sugary Drinks
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Ban the Van call to tackle Childhood Obesity in Liverpool
This is how Coca-Cola promoted its fizzy sugary drinks last year Today the Government has produced a childhood obesity strategy which is not a strategy or even a wish list of things that can be done. It can best be … Continue reading
Posted in Public Health, Uncategorized
Tagged Childhood obesity, Coca-Cola, fizzy drinks, LGA, Lib Dems, Liverpool, Liverpool 1, Obesity, Public Health, Sugar
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But what does Richard Kemp think? 