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Extract.
"Doctors need to move beyond a "one-size-fits-all" approach to tackling obesity, say scientists in Sheffield.
The analysis of 4,144 obese people in Yorkshire showed they fitted into six distinct categories, each of which may need a different weight-loss strategy.
One example is heavy-drinking young men, according to the report published in the Journal of Public Health.
Prof Susan Jebb, from the University of Oxford, said the study did not show if the traits explained people's weight.
Prof Susan Jebb, from the University of Oxford, said: "I am the first person to say that there is huge inter-individual variation among people who are obese.
"The big limitation is that it is a cross-sectional analysis - it does not tell us if these characteristics explain why people have become overweight and it does not tell us that a particular kind of intervention would work better to treat their obesity."
Link to BBC article here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-32289815
Prof Susan Jebb is the Governments obesity guru and is regularly in the news talking about obesity. Another article re. Susan Jebb.
A row has erupted about links between the sugar industry and scientists who advise government on obesity.
Campaigners argue the scientists are so heavily influenced by companies that Dracula is now "in charge of the blood bank".
Those implicated say it is wrong to assume they are biased and say critics should "learn some proper science".
Public Health England said it welcomed industry "listening to our best scientists".
The argument erupted from a report on the issue in the British Medical Journal.
It claims Prof Susan Jebb - the government's obesity tsar, a University of Oxford academic and an expert in a recent three-part BBC documentary series on obesity - has attracted more than £1.3m of industry funding.
This includes money from Coca-Cola, Unilever and Cereal Partners.
It went on to show that members of a government advisory panel - the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) - were equally supported by companies such as PepsiCo, Mars and Nestle.
It said that of the 40 scientists affiliated with SACN between 2001 and 2012, just 13 had no connections to the sugar industry.
Prof Simon Capewell, from the University of Liverpool and an adviser for the group Action on Sugar, told the BBC: "I was shocked, quite honestly; this is heart-breaking news and basically it appears a lot of people have been seriously misled."
He said there would be an "inherent conflict of interest" between profits and public health.
"It's like putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank," he concluded.
More on this BBC story here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31412551
So, for me the $64,000 question, why are so many medical professionals and scientists, on the receiving end of money from junk food? commenting and dictating what we should be eating and what constitutes a healthy diet? As Prof Simon Capewell said "It's like putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank"
Extract.
"Doctors need to move beyond a "one-size-fits-all" approach to tackling obesity, say scientists in Sheffield.
The analysis of 4,144 obese people in Yorkshire showed they fitted into six distinct categories, each of which may need a different weight-loss strategy.
One example is heavy-drinking young men, according to the report published in the Journal of Public Health.
Prof Susan Jebb, from the University of Oxford, said the study did not show if the traits explained people's weight.
Prof Susan Jebb, from the University of Oxford, said: "I am the first person to say that there is huge inter-individual variation among people who are obese.
"The big limitation is that it is a cross-sectional analysis - it does not tell us if these characteristics explain why people have become overweight and it does not tell us that a particular kind of intervention would work better to treat their obesity."
Link to BBC article here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-32289815
Prof Susan Jebb is the Governments obesity guru and is regularly in the news talking about obesity. Another article re. Susan Jebb.
A row has erupted about links between the sugar industry and scientists who advise government on obesity.
Campaigners argue the scientists are so heavily influenced by companies that Dracula is now "in charge of the blood bank".
Those implicated say it is wrong to assume they are biased and say critics should "learn some proper science".
Public Health England said it welcomed industry "listening to our best scientists".
The argument erupted from a report on the issue in the British Medical Journal.
It claims Prof Susan Jebb - the government's obesity tsar, a University of Oxford academic and an expert in a recent three-part BBC documentary series on obesity - has attracted more than £1.3m of industry funding.
This includes money from Coca-Cola, Unilever and Cereal Partners.
It went on to show that members of a government advisory panel - the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) - were equally supported by companies such as PepsiCo, Mars and Nestle.
It said that of the 40 scientists affiliated with SACN between 2001 and 2012, just 13 had no connections to the sugar industry.
Prof Simon Capewell, from the University of Liverpool and an adviser for the group Action on Sugar, told the BBC: "I was shocked, quite honestly; this is heart-breaking news and basically it appears a lot of people have been seriously misled."
He said there would be an "inherent conflict of interest" between profits and public health.
"It's like putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank," he concluded.
More on this BBC story here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31412551
So, for me the $64,000 question, why are so many medical professionals and scientists, on the receiving end of money from junk food? commenting and dictating what we should be eating and what constitutes a healthy diet? As Prof Simon Capewell said "It's like putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank"
