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  • FEATURED

    Managing your weight

    Having a healthy weight can reduce your risk of developing heart and circulatory diseases like heart attacks, strokes and vascular dementia. Find out how to measure your weight, what weight you should be and how to reduce your health risks.

  • RESEARCH

    Obesity and heart failure: explaining the obesity paradox

    University of Oxford | Dr Oliver Rider

    Although obesity increases the chance of developing heart failure, when patients have heart failure they may live longer if they are obese. This unexpected finding is termed the 'obesity paradox' and the reasons behind it are currently unkn...

  • Obesity

    If you are overweight or obese you are more likely to develop coronary heart disease than someone who is a healthy weight. Find out more about how your weight affects your health.

  • RESEARCH

    How obesity damages blood vessels

    University of Manchester | Dr Adam Greenstein

    Obesity is a growing problem in the UK. Children who are obese are at a much higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease if they remain obese. Scientists know that in obesity-related cardiovascular disease, the inner lining of the bloo...

  • Sweeping action needed to reduce childhood obesity rates

    Today’s news on childhood obesity rates in England shows some positive downward trends, but swift and sweeping action is still needed to reduce the number of children living with obesity in England.

  • Prime Minister's obesity plan must deliver tangible results

    The BHF and 46 other charities wrote to the PM urging action on the Childhood Obesity Plan.

  • PUBLICATION

    Diet, Physical Activity and Obesity Statistics 2006

    Booklet, published on 10/01/2006

    This publication provides statistics on diet, physical activity and obesity as these relate to the incidence and prevalence of CVD.

    This publication is only available to download or view online

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  • Government announces ‘landmark steps’ towards addressing UK obesity

    The Prime Minister has today announced a range of 'landmark' measures to address obesity in the UK. We are encouraged to see this real show of commitment from the Government.

  • Obesity linked to damaging changes in failing hearts

    Obesity is linked to changes in the structure and pumping action of the heart before it develops heart failure, according to research we've funded and presented at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.

  • Swift action is needed to reduce childhood obesity rates

    New figures show that the number of Year 6 children living with obesity in England has jumped up for the first time in four years. Today we are calling for urgent action to reduce childhood obesity rates.

  • Willpower and exercise are not enough to tackle childhood obesity

    Despite the uncertainty surrounding the future of public health, the Government's new focus on addressing obesity presents reasons to be cheerful.

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