Obesity in childhood carries a wide range of physical, psychological and social disbenefits
and also increases the risk of adult obesity with its well-recognised, enhanced risk of several …

Parental environmental factors, including diet, body composition, metabolism, and stress,
affect the health and chronic disease risk of people throughout their lives, as captured in the …

In order to establish firm evidence for the health effects of dietary polyphenol consumption, it
is essential to have quantitative information regarding their dietary intake. The usefulness of …

Background Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disorder that requires lifelong treatment. We aimed
to assess whether intensive weight management within routine primary care would achieve …

Methods Eleven people with type 2 diabetes (49.5±2.5 years, BMI 33.6±1.2 kg/m 2, nine
male and two female) were studied before and after 1, 4 and 8 weeks of a 2.5 MJ (600 kcal)/day …

Background Observational studies report reduced colorectal cancer in regular aspirin
consumers. Randomised controlled trials have shown reduced risk of adenomas but none have …

Background The DiRECT trial assessed remission of type 2 diabetes during a primary care-led
weight-management programme. At 1 year, 68 (46%) of 149 intervention participants …

The Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) is recommended to lower blood pressure
(BP), but its effects on cardiometabolic biomarkers are unclear. A systematic review and …

Background and Objectives Physical activity is associated with lower cardiovascular and all-cause
mortality. However, the effects of different exercise modalities on arterial stiffness are …

Diets including food products rich in inorganic nitrate are associated with lower blood
pressure (BP). The evidence for the BP-lowering effects of inorganic nitrate and beetroot in …