Society-wide action needed over obesity

A group of experts tackling obesity have called for more widespread action across society to tackle a growing crisis.
The group of experts from Birmingham University have called for more to be done in areas like transport policy, town planning, education and access to sport to encourage a healthier lifestyles.
The group is focusing on developing research [...]

Green tea helps burn fat

Drinking a couple of cups of green tea before exercise could help burn fat, researchers at the University of Birmingham have discovered.
Scientists have found that green tea can increase fat oxidation – the rate at which fat is broken down inside the body – during moderate intensity exercise.
The drink can also improve insulin sensitivity and glucose [...]

Waist-cutting curry

If you love a curry you’ll probably also have to watch your waistline. This favourite of dishes can be a real belt tightener.
But a project between Warwick University and Birmingham’s Lasan Indian restaurant could ease that squeeze by producing healthier Indian cuisine.
The results could not only help the Asian population, particularly at risk to some [...]

Battling Obesity – how to stop piling on the pounds

Worried about being or becoming overweight but dazzled by the all the diets and losing weight fads around?
Ideasforlife.tv is here to help in our series Battling Obesity, looking at the UK’s growing weight crisis.
Here Warwick Medical School dietician Eve Nortley gives some top tips on what to put in your shopping basket and what to leave [...]