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Professor Naveed Sattar, of Glasgow University, is the UK's new Obesity Mission Chair. He said many more people are living longer with multiple conditions linked to excess weight, but the NHS must do much more to tackle obesity as a primary disease

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'Willpower is not enough': The Glasgow expert leading UK's new fight against obesity
The "penny is starting to drop", says Professor Naveed Sattar when asked whether attitudes to obesity are finally beginning to change. The Glasgow University academic has spent nearly 20 years as a professor of metabolic medicine working in research on drugs trials for diabetes and cardiovascular (CVD) disease. He is among the top 1% more commonly cited clinical researchers in the world, but continues to co-lead the CVD prevention clinic at Glasgow Royal Infirmary where he sees first-hand the impact of excess weight on patients' health.

A third of children in Scotland are outside the healthy weight range, with almost one in five considered at risk of obesity.

A third of children in Scotland are outside the healthy weight range, with almost one in five considered at risk of obesity.

Are healthy and low-fat food labels making us fatter?

The new generation of weight-loss drugs have been hailed as game-changers

The new generation of weight-loss drugs have been hailed as game-changers

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A review of the evidence into links between ultra-processed food and ill health and obesity concluded that it is observational, unreliable, and more research is needed

A review of the evidence into links between ultra-processed food and ill health and obesity concluded that it is observational, unreliable, and more research is needed

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What's really making you fat?: ultra-processed food, gut bacteria, or genes?

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From cancer vaccines to diabetes tests - the unexpected benefits of Covid

From cancer vaccines to diabetes tests - the unexpected benefits of Covid

How Covid's legacy is reshaping science - from cancer vaccines to diabetes tests

Scientist looked at outcomes based on waist to height ratios, which provides a more accurate gauge of how much excess fat someone is carrying

Scientist looked at outcomes based on waist to height ratios, which provides a more accurate gauge of how much excess fat someone is carrying

A survival benefit to being overweight? Scots scientists crack 'obesity paradox'

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