Dossier
obesity crisis
Coverage of obesity crisis in the Nexus archive.
- Findings on healthy life expectancy in UK shed light on its deteriorating health
The UK's healthy life expectancy has declined, with people spending fewer years in good health compared to a decade ago. The Health Foundation attributes this to an obesity crisis, 2.8 million working-age Britons unable to work due to illness, and rising mental health issues.
- Fat jabs alone not enough to solve obesity crisis, warn world-leading experts
World-leading experts warn that 'fat jabs' (weight-loss injections) alone are insufficient to address the obesity crisis, emphasizing the need for broader solutions.