Congratulations to CCH’s first MSc graduate!
November 5th, 2018 marked a very special day in the calendar for CCH, and the future of the UK’s healthcare workforce. This date saw the graduation of our first full MSc in Obesity Care and Management student, Divya Bassi. Divya, who works for MacMillan Cancer Support, a charity, was awarded the qualification at a degree conferring ceremony at London South Bank University, which is the...Read More
Acute and Chronic Effects of Exercise on Appetite, Energy Intake, and Appetite-Related Hormones
The simple equation for obesity is Energy out < Energy in. The simplest way of increasing our ‘Energy out’, is to exercise more. However, the benefits of exercise extend beyond just calories, and in fact, it’s thought that exercise can improve subjective and homeostatic mediators of appetite in directions associated with enhanced meal-induced satiety. The degree to which this effect exists in...Read More
A long-term maternal diet intervention to avoid the obesogenic effect in the offspring
The American Heart Association states that obesity among girls and women has generated a vicious cycle that contributes to the obesity epidemic. Studies into maternal overnutrition have found that high-fat diets in humans (which reflects the western diet), whereby the baby is exposed to over-nutrition during gestation, have increased risks of obesity, diabetes and other complications. In this...Read More
Eating faster is associated with general and abdominal obesity among Chinese children
Eating faster results in an increased rate of energy intake. However, the relationship between children’s eating speed, food intake and general abdominal adiposity is unknown, and forms the basis of this paper. A total of 50,037 Chinese children aged 7-17 years were enrolled from 7 provinces in China in 2013. Objective measurements of anthropometrics were taken and food speed was assessed by...Read More
Impact of overweight, obesity and severe obesity on life expectancy of Australian adults
Obesity is known to significantly elevate the risk of many health problems, however its impact on life expectancy (LE) has not been quantified in Australia. This paper, published in the International Journal of Obesity, uses a microsimulation model of obesity progression to predict the changes in LE and years of life lost (YLL). It uses data on annual change in BMI based on age and sex, with...Read More
Analysis of the impact of rising food prices on obesity in women across 31 low and middle-income countries
In this longitudinal study, published in the International Journal of Obesity, the authors examine whether changes in food prices are associated with changes in obesity prevalence among women in developing countries, and assess the effect of individual socioeconomic status (SES). Anthropometric data, including BMI, and country-level food price inflation from low and middle income countries...Read More