Fine Gael Senator Catherine Noone has joined primary school principals in a call for mandatory PE for Irish schoolchildren. Sean Cottrell, CEO of the Irish Primary Principals' Network made the suggestion which is also supported...
Overweight people conned by the claims of slimming pills actually increase their weight problem by eating even more unhealthy foods.
False beliefs about weight loss products are actually contributing to the obesity problem.
Night shift workers might are being advised to avoid foods high in iron which may disrupt the working of their livers.
Those on night shifts have higher rates of type 2 diabetes, obesity and cancer because of the disruptions to their body’s circadian clock.
The circadian clock in the brain, regulates sleep and eating but other body tissues also have circadian clocks.
Jet lag can contribute to obesity by disturbing the body’s daily rhythm.
Like shift work, jet lag interferes with the body’s biological clock or circadian rhythms through the day-night cycle.
This in turn affects the composition of the body’s microbial community leading to obesity and metabolic problems.
Obese child
Childhood overweight and obesity rates have stopped rising among Irish primary school children.
Although obesity rates remain high, with one in every four Irish children obese or overweight, there is evidence that the problem has stabilized and the rates may be beginning to fall.