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Obesity rates increase to ‘epidemic’ level in Europe, WHO warns

Most Europeans are overweight and rising rates of obesity threaten to undermine the region’s reputation for having a population that’s thinner on average than Americans, a new report showed.

Tribune News Service · May 3, 2022

Britain could become fattest nation in Europe due to takeaways addiction, report says

The World Health Organisation’s latest report on obesity in the continent shows 64% of UK adults are overweight, including 28% who are obese. It puts Britain as the fattest nation in Western Europe

Daily Mirror · May 3, 2022

India releases 2020 death data ahead of WHO COVID mortality study it objects

India registered about 475,000 more total deaths in 2020 than the previous year, government data released months ahead of schedule on Tuesday showed, as the World Health Organization readies its estimates of excess COVID-19 deaths whose methodology New Delhi has opposed.

Reuters · May 3, 2022

Health chiefs call for action over rising obesity rates in Europe

International health chiefs on Tuesday called for urgent changes to public health policies across Europe after a report revealed more than 1.2 million people are dying each year due to problems caused by obesity and being overweight.

Radio France Internationale · May 3, 2022

Covid in Scotland: WHO's less common symptoms as self-isolation rules change

Many of us are aware of the main 'common' symptoms when it comes to Covid-19, however there are a few 'less common' symptoms that people should be aware of as self-isolation guidance is changing.

Edinburgh Live · May 3, 2022

Obesity behind 1.2 million deaths every year according to World Health Organisation

The UK ranks fourth across Europe for having the most overweight and obese adults

Daily Record · May 3, 2022

Obesity ‘epidemic’ leading to 1.2m deaths a year in Europe, says WHO

Health body issues stark warning as report finds disease causing 200,000 cancer cases a year in region

The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2022

Three children die from hepatitis in Indonesia bringing global death toll to four

Scientists have been left puzzled over the mystery cause of the global hepatitis outbreak in children

Evening Standard · May 3, 2022

Commentary: Are you playing the ‘who gave me COVID’ blame game? It’s not healthy

Twenty-five months into the pandemic, I finally caught COVID. It turned out that two-plus years of masking and distancing, Zoom dinner parties and FaceTime holidays, canceled plans and postponed vacations only delayed the inevitable. I’m sick too.

Los Angeles Times · May 3, 2022

Measles an 'epidemic' as parents urged to vaccinate children from serious disease

Health officials have warned that measles cases, which can be 'very dangerous', have surged.

Daily Record · May 3, 2022