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Scores of primaries ban fruit juice at meal time in bid to beat obesity and tooth decay

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MORE than 140 Scottish primary schools have banned fruit juice from dinner menus in a bid to combat obesity and tooth decay. Dundee, Angus and...

Anti-fat attitude classes should be rolled out in schools, scientists claim

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ANTI-FAT attitude classes should be rolled out in schools to stop overweight people being bullied, scientists claim. Scottish researchers are calling for an “attitude intervention”...

Number of obese Scots under the knife for weight loss surgery rises by third

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THE number of obese Scots going under the knife for weight-loss surgery has increased by more than a third. Between 2012 and 2015, 713 Scots...

Doctors warn of an “obesity epidemic” in Scotland

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DOCTORS have today called for co-ordinated action to address Scotland’s obesity epidemic. The call follows a debate at the BMA’s annual conference in Liverpool where Dr...

West Lothian new town is fast food capital of Scotland

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LIVINGSTON has been revealed as the fast food capital of Scotland. The new West Lothian new town has one fast food chain store for every...

Fourfold increase in liver disease among Scots

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ALCOHOL and obesity have fuelled a staggering fourfold increase in liver disease in Scotland since the 1980s, a new report reveals.   Almost 150 Scots out...
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