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Wegovy is now available on the NHS

Weight-loss injection Wegovy now available on the NHS

A person with suspected stroke may have sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes (Photo: Adobe)

Irregular evening meal times could increase stroke risk, study warns

Your waist size should be less than half your height to keep health problems at bay (Photo: Adobe)

NHS says keep waist size to less than half your height to be healthy

The programme has helped more than 100 men in the county.

Football weight loss programme helps 120 county men lose half a tonne of weight

People risk developing type 2 diabetes if they can’t fit into the jeans they were wearing at the age of 21, one of the world’s leading experts on the disease has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

People who ‘can’t fit into jeans they wore aged 21’ risk developing type 2 diabe...

Man v Fat

Football programme for overweight men kicks off in Kettering

People considered obese are more likely to catch Covid, according to a study (Getty Images)

People with higher BMI 'more likely to test positive for Covid'

More than half of adults have no idea what affects their life insurance premiums

1.7m more people will be told to shield in England - and will get priority access for Covid vaccines (Photo: Shutterstock)

1.7m more people will be told to shield in England - and will get priority acces...

This week Dr Blades is talking about children's diets

Rushden dietitian looks at poor diets in children as she shares more of her know...

Vegans are more likely to break bones than meat eaters - according to a new stud...

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Almost one in five Year 6 children in Northamptonshire are obese

This is how to find out your 'Covid-age' - and what it means

A report has suggested that men with beer bellies have a higher chance o dying if they are diagnosed with prostate cancer (Getty Images)

Men with beer bellies more likely to die from prostate cancer suggests study - h...

NHS England is trying to tackle type 2 diabetes with plans to encourage some of those with the condition to undertake a soup and shakes weight-loss plan (Photo: Shutterstock)

People with type 2 diabetes will be entitled to free soups and shakes from the N...

Study data showed that those carrying a spare tyre could be in for more health problems in later life - Image Pikul Noorod/Shutterstock

‘Dadbod’ worse than being fat all over scientists find
Fat carried round the middle of an otherwise average-sized body is more dangerous than being fat all over, an American study as shown.