There are also thought to be 549,000 people with undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes in the UK according to the figures extracted from GP patient data.
Asked for their views on the food they are served, school meals are frequently "unhealthy’, ‘fatty’ or ‘soggy’, according to the primary school pupils who eat them.
The research shows that at age five, poor children almost twice as likely to be obese compared with their richer peers, with 6.6% of children in the poorest fifth of the sample classed as obese, wh
The report, entitled ‘The Health of the 51%: Women’, recommends that the Government includes obesity in its national risk planning and also encourages a greater degree of personal responsibility.
This year, the 2015 edition reflects some of the big issues that currently face the sector – universal infant free schools meals (UIFSM), the standard of food in hospitals and the threat to meals o
It looks at the benefits that meals on wheels provide – from both a physical and mental health standpoint – and analyses the extent to which the service has been affected over the last five years b
The Feeding Britain report - A route map to ending hunger as we know it in the United Kingdom calls on the Government to introduce an equivalent to the Cobra committee - used in response to emergen
This year marks the first time Apetito has chosen charity partners and the total raised will be split between national charity, the Alzheimer’s Society, and locally based charity in East and West W
To secure the accreditation, Apetito was required to improve resource efficiency, reduce waste and drive down costs. The company also had to provide evidence that its environmental impact was bein
The Childhood obesity - brave and bold action’ report highlights nine areas of improvement including improved education and information about diet, universal school food standards and greater power