Posts Tagged ‘Obesity’
UK Dentists Forced To Invest In New Chairs To Accommodate Obese Patients
A growing number of UK dentists are investing in new dental chairs to cope with Britain’s obesity crisis. Figures show that sales of Barico bariatric chairs, which accommodate patients weighing up to 71 stone, are increasing year on year, as obesity rates increase in the UK. Standard chairs can usually only support between 22 and […]
Doctors Call For Junk Food Advertising Ban – On Top Of Soft Drink Tax
Doctors are calling for drastic action to be taken in order to tackle rates of obesity in the UK as the NHS comes under increased pressure and deaths from obesity-related illnesses increase. In the last couple of weeks a campaign by Sustain has hit the headlines. The campaign, backed by more than 60 public health […]
British Dental Health Foundation Latest Organisation To Back Drinks Tax
The UK’s largest dental charity, the British Dental Health Foundation, has become the latest public health organisation to lend its support to a proposed tax on fizzy drinks. The foundation has joined more than 60 UK organisations in the support a proposal for a new tax on soft drinks. The campaign was launched by the […]
