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The index has remained popular because of its simplicity, but Australian experts agree it is too often seen as a one-stop indicator of health

Diabetes UK urges people to check their risk

Findings could inform care for patients fed at night while they sleep with gastric feeding tubes

Sarah Henderson says her daughter Hollie's diagnosis was a 'shock to the system'

Sue Naughton ditched the sweet treats

Few people with obesity return to a "normal" weight. Surgery, diets, and medications fall short. A radical new treatment might change that.

Newfoundland and Labrador made history in September as the first Canadian province to implement a sugar-sweetened beverage tax. Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes also exist outside of Canada, including in Mexico, Philadelphia, Penn. and the United Kingdom. In Newfoundland and Labrador the tax amounts to 20 cents per litre of sugar-sweetened beverage.

Shorter sleepers were also more likely to have a combination of other unhealthy characteristics including excess fat around the middle, elevated blood pressure, and abnormal blood lipid and glucose levels. Read on for details:

Obesity or being overweight can give light to several health complications such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and certain cancers, which are collectively known as metabolic syndrome. But did you know that some people can be obese, but not have these health problems at all? This type of…