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Mark and Kathy Anders, both 57, from Rugby in Warwickshire,started experiencing mild flu-like symptoms four weeks ago. Kathy recovered after a fortnight but Mark ended up in hospital.

Jonathan Van-Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, said the advice to social distance for those who receive a flu jab, including those with asthma, is 'very strong'.

The number of people who are obese in England has almost doubled in the last 20 years from 6.9 to 13 million, according to new analysis we are releasing today.

The figures from the Health Survey for England (1997-2017)* estimate that there are now 13 million people over the age of 16 with a BMI of 30 or above which classifies as obese, an increase of more than 6 million since 1997. 

Offering children a range of vegetables may stop them becoming picky eaters, research suggests.

Australian scientists looked at 32 children, aged four-to-six, who consumed less than two servings of veggies a day.

Some of the children were offered broccoli three times a week for five weeks, while others were exposed to broccoli, courgette and peas.

A hard-hitting study has revealed the stark reality of being a young UK adult on renal replacement therapy.
It highlights the many challenges faced by young people on dialysis and with a kidney transplant. Its findings have enabled the start of further research to find effective ways to improve physical and mental health and overall quality of life for this group.

The Betting and Gaming Council said existing TV and radio advertising slots are now due to be replaced by safer gambling messages, donated to charities or removed from broadcast.

Social media users are more likely to eat fruit and veg - or snack on junk food - if they think their friends do the same, a new study has found.

The research, by Aston University's School of Life and Health Sciences, found that study participants ate an extra fifth of a portion of fruit and vegetables themselves for every portion they thought their social media peers ate. So, if they believed their friends got their 'five a day' of fruit and veg, they were likely to eat an extra portion themselves. 

People are calling for more information about the health conditions suffered by victims of the coronavirus in the UK as the NHS continues to use the phrase 'underlying health conditions'.

Some time before the coronavirus outbreak put a damper on this year’s hanami (blossom viewing) parties and other social activities, the media had already noted that the decline in alcohol consumption by younger Japanese has been accelerating. This phenomenon even made the front page of the Nikkei Marketing Journal (Feb. 21).
Citing data from Suntory Holdings in 2019, the article also noted that the market for nonalcohol and low-alcohol beverages such as beer and The Kyoto-based distiller concluded that more people are drinking nonalcoholic beverages not merely as a substitute for alcohol — as would be the case among drivers or expectant mothers — but because they prefer it.

The company noticed that young, salaried male workers, who make up a key segment of its customer base, had begun leaving their jobs at an earlier hour, which, in turn, led to a lower demand for alcoholic beverages accompanying their meals.

Transport emissions make up 33 percent of UK domestic carbon emissions. What's worse, 70 percent of all road trips are under five miles.

For the large majority of the population these journey's are eminently doable by bike or walking. But for decades governments have resolutely refused to invest the necessary resources to create a national, physically protected cycleway network.

While road and high-speed rail investment programmes are measured in the tens of billions, cycling investment is measured in the miserly low millions. 

Despite one in four adults worrying about their body image and as many as one in eight of us experiencing suicidal feelings over body image concerns, Weight Watchers has chosen to launch a weight-loss app aimed at children as young as eight years old