Tag: obesity

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the CONSUMER CHOICE CENTER (CCC) released a new policy primer titled GLP-1 Agonists, Intellectual Property, and the Hidden Dangers of Compound Drugs to American Consumers, documenting...

The outdated playbook of trying to tax and ban things out of existence in a misguided effort to change people’s behaviour Childhood obesity rates have nearly tripled in the last...

Recognised as a risk factor for severe COVID-19 cases, obesity will likely top the European policy agenda for the years to come. The recent launch of the MEPs for Obesity...

Newfoundland is creeping toward a fiscal cliff. The province’s debt load is more than $12 billion, which is approximately $23,000 per resident. COVID-19 has obviously worsened that troubling trend, with...

But public health authorities are asleep at the wheel Obesity is out of control. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 42 percent of Americans have reported undesired weight gain. Among...

Obesity is on the rise like never before. More than one in four people in the UK are now obese, one of the driving forces behind the mortality rate from...

With the end of the pandemic in sight, European policymakers are reflecting on what could have been done to prevent the damage. Obesity, recognised by many scientists as a severe...

Whichever way you look at it, obesity is on the rise in Britain. By 2018, the proportion of British adults classified as obese had reached 28 per cent. Deaths attributed to obesity...

As Britain becomes the fat man of Europe, a blanket approach to large-scale policy-making will not solve Britain’s obesity crisis. Only the individual can do the work, argues Bill Wirtz....

Whichever way you look at it, Britain is facing an obesity crisis. A study into long-term public health in England and Scotland published earlier this month reached the startling conclusion that obesity...