John Williams, a school principal who has tackled his problem with obesity with a three-pronged approach of diet, exercise and psychology.
Ireland has one of the highest rates of obesity in Europe, with one in four adults classed as obese and one in four children already overweight.
The Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (IrSPEN) […]
The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland published a report 20th of October 2016 – Prescription for a Wonder Drug – which recommends that healthcare professionals should use every opportunity to recommend physical activity to patients who are sedentary or inactive.
It encourages them to use contacts with patients to ask them about the level of physical activity and to […]
As the summer comes to a close many will look towards September as the month where they get back into their gym routine. Perhaps the biggest obstacle awaiting is motivation or more importantly sustaining that initial drive to get yourself to the gym 3 days a week.
There is no magic trick here or self-help book […]
James Timmons our Exercise Specialist and PhD Scholar is commencing his 2nd part of his Training Intervention study with Medfit Proactive Heathcare in partnership with University College Dublin and The Irish Research Council. This study will last 12 weeks from April through until the end of June. He is looking to recruit healthy 65+ Year […]
Lower back pain is an almost universal if unwelcome experience. About 80 percent of those of us in the Western world can expect to suffer from disruptive lower back pain at some point in our lives. But if we begin and stick with the right type of exercise program, we might avoid a recurrence, according […]
THERE is nothing sweet about Ireland’s sugar statistics. We are the fourth highest consumer of sugar in the world, according to Euromonitor research. Yes, the world, coming in behind the US, Germany and the Netherlands. “It’s shocking,” says Dr Eva Orsmond, who says she sees the effects of excessive sugar consumption daily at her clinics […]
(Reuters Health) – Water or land based exercise should provide some short-term benefit in pain management for hip osteoarthritis, though there are few well-designed trials testing it, according to a new review.
Americans develop three million new cases of osteoarthritis each year. Most vulnerable are those who are older, obese, have previous joint injuries, overuse, weak […]
We all know that exercise is critical to staying healthy and living longer. New research suggests that exercising after age 40, in whatever dose, may be the most critical time of all.
Paul Loprinzi and Jeremy Loenneke of the University of Mississippi, and Elizabeth Blackburn of the University of California, San Francisco (who was part of […]
A report by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) in the UK has found that bariatric surgery can improve fertility. The report entitled, ‘The Role of Bariatric Surgery in Improving Reproductive Health’, examined the safety and effectiveness of bariatric or weight loss surgery as a way of improving female fertility and reproductive health […]
Expert Report on Obesity-October 2015
Expert report says all healthcare professionals require training in obesity, healthy eating, physical activity and behaviour change techniques and this will help to reduce the stigma of this disease for patients.
Today the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland’s Policy Group on Obesity has published policy recommendations to address the treatment and […]
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