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More must be done to address the growing issue of obesity and diabetes, according to local endocrinologist Annabel Fountain. A recent study found that almost three-quarters of participants were overweight or obese, while 42 per cent of adults reporte...

It is easy to judge fat people. The thin among us assume they sit around stuffing their faces with junk food, and that they are lazy and never exercise. According to Ayesha Peets Talbot, those preconceptions are not fair. The 34-year-old medic is the...

The Bermuda Diabetes Association has backed calls for a sugar tax in the wake of alarming obesity statistics. A new study revealed 74.6 per cent of people are overweight or obese, prompting Kim Wilson, the Shadow Minister of Health, to call for serio...

Kim Wilson, the Shadow Minister of Health, has reissued a call for a “sugar tax” in the wake of alarming new obesity statistics. A recent survey revealed that nearly three quarters of Bermudians — 74.6 per cent — are either overweight or obese. Mean...

An “astounding” three-quarters of Bermudians are obese or overweight, Health Minister Jeanne Atherden yesterday told legislators. Reporting the figures from the Steps to a Well Bermuda survey, Ms Atherden told the House of Assembly: “Regrettably, the...

A “sugar tax” on junk food and soda could help to tackle Bermuda’s obesity problem, according to Shadow Health Minister Kim Wilson. The Progressive Labour Party MP told the House of Assembly on Friday that a duty on unhealthy items could help to red...

Dr Ryan Lussenden a surgeon at the Florida Medical Centre said he chose bariatric surgery as one of his specialities because there is an element of joyousness and celebration in it that is not present in other types of surgery. Bariatric surgery is t...

Bermuda’s citizens must apply public pressure to support the movement against obesity, a leading US nutrition expert has urged. Worldwide, obesity is now the fifth leading cause of death — and the current generation of children “could actually be on ...

Obesity is a problem in Bermuda, but the Department of Health hopes its new initiatives will help bring the rate down to a satisfactory level through exercise and healthy eating. The Department and the Bermuda Conference of Seventh-day Adventists org...