I’m a big fan of printed media and I generally extract relevant news so I can update my blog with fresh information. I decided to post some of the clippings here. 
Daily Mirror: Fat epidemic as NHS obesity cases rise 60% in past 12 months
Hospitals saw a hefty rise in the number of people admitted for obesity last year. The increase in just 12 months was 60% – and the number has shot up nearly NINE times in 10 years.
Daily Star: 60% boom in obese patients
The obesity epidemic is getting worse with hospitals swamped by porky patients. Last year saw a whopping 60% rise in people needing treatment for being overweight. The number of tummy tucks and weight loss operations also soared 55%.
The Sun: Painless laser gets rid of fat
Boffins have invented a laser which zaps away fat cells instantly. Patients can drop two dress sizes in just two weeks – without having to exercise or diet. The painless Zerona treatment costs £1,000 for six 40-minute sessions.
The Sun: Want a baby? Well, start having SEX
Desperate to start a family? It seems that while you’re trying to make a baby, someone else is making a killing. According to “netmums”, many couples are ripped off to the tune of £2million a year in the UK – by conmen selling fertility charms and spells.
Do…
Lose weight. Yes, we know you want a nice swollen tum for people to coo over. But you want it full of baby, not lard. Obesity reduces fertility, in men and women so slim down, both of you. That way you might be able to get close enough to have sex, too.
Metro: Airline shows heavy mettle
Charging obese people for two seats on an aircraft is a good idea when it comes to the comfort and safety of other passengers.
Boots Magazine: Natalie Woodley’s testimonial
Natalie Woodley has managed to lose 1st 7lb with the help of Alli.
Daily Mirror: Dear Miriam – Obesity ops are not for the young.
“I don’t believe in using surgery to treat excessive obesity in young people – especially not at 14, the age of two boys whoi’ve have gastric band surgery on the NHS”
Four medical ways to tackle weight trouble:
Alli, Xenical (orlistat), gastric bypass, gastric band
Daily Mail: The anti hunger herb – Experts hail pill that makes dieters feel full
Research shows that those taking Zotrim – a combination of three south american herbs – shed around five pounds in a month. Dr Carrie Ruxton who conducte the study, says the preparation could provide extra motivation for slimmers plagued by hunger pangs. ” It promotes the physical feeling of fullness caued by a delay in the emptying the contents of the stomach.
The Independent: Where is the prestige in healthy eating?
So the only difference between our eating habist 10 years ago and today is that now we know we’re eating crap.
The independent: Trim your tummy: Middle management
Fat around the midriff is not only unsightly, but potentially deadly – and it’s notoriously hard to shift. Rob Sharp meets two doctors who think they’ve found the answer.
“When its accumulation reaches a critical mass,” write the Eades, “it begins to behave more like a tumour than a storage reservoir, infiltrating the organs and muscles – most importantly the liver – and wresting metabolic control from them.” When fat is stored in our visceral tissue it acts like, and is treated like, a foreign body.
Daily Mail: The skin patch that can help you feel less blue
The British-developed patch is impregnated with the drug selegiline; delivering it via the skin avoids the side-effects of the drug, such as life-threatening high blood pressure.
Men’s Health: Foods that torch fat
Out of jalapenos? Fear not, your kitchen offers more metabolism-boosters than you can shake a (celery) stick at. Eat more and weight less with these: ginger, cayenne pepper, cinnamon, water, mustard.
