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Pound for pound: the economic case for weight loss
Guest Blog by Matt James, Senior Researcher at 2020health Name calling is not pleasant but sometimes behind the hurt and the pain there is a degree of truth. In 2013 the World Health Organization (WHO) called Britain the ‘Fat man … Continue reading
Obesity: an evolutionary by product?
As part of national obesity week 2020health is running a series of blogs building on the success of our recent report Careless eating costs lives. The blogs will cover various themes which speak to the obesity challenge the UK currently … Continue reading
Threats to Mankind from Drug Resistant Bacteria and Viruses
The risk of an end to the human race may sound like science fiction. However, there are only a small number of threats that could theoretically lead to the extinction of mankind. The four main concerns that most experts share … Continue reading
Posted in Business, David Cameron, Drugs, Global Health, GPs, International, Most Significant, NHS, Pharma, Public Health, Rare conditions, Research, Vaccination
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Risky Drinking – 8 million of us are drinking too much
Today we publish our alcohol report on what we’ve come to call ‘Risky Drinking’, covered in the Sun Tel, Express, Independent, Telegraph, Huff Post. We have a public health crisis in the making – a ticking time-bomb of alcohol related … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Department of Health
Tagged advertising, alcohol, health, Liver disease, National Health Service, NHS, Unit of alcohol, WHO
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As long as you have your health…
As I write this first post for 2020health, the county remains in paroxysms about the state of its politics. But while the Westminster boil continues to burst and we wonder how to lance it for good [in both senses] I … Continue reading
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