waistlines

Drinking in middle age can add nearly TWO INCHES to waistlines

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Heavy drinking throughout adult life and into middle age can lead to significant health problems and a larger waistline, a study warns.    Researchers from University College London studied the link between decades of alcohol abuse and discovered a definitive link to high blood pressure, poor liver function, increased stroke risk, larger waist circumferences and BMI in later … Read more

Avocado could be doing wonders for our waistlines and diabetes risk – but not if we eat it on toast

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Avocados are great for your diet – but not on toast, nutrition researchers say.  It may sound obvious.  Bread, a demonized processed carb, has essentially piggybacked superfood starlet avocado to be accepted, even revered, by clean-eating evangelists.  Even the most devout avo-toasters know avocado is the Cher to bread’s Sonny, nutrition-wise.  But this new study, … Read more

Soaring waistlines hit record levels in Britain amid obesity crisis

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Britain’s expanding waistlines hit record levels as women’s increase by up to THREE inches on average and men’s by two inches in 24 years Women’s waists grew three inches in 24 years and men’s are two inches bigger Experts warned that many more of us are overweight than we were in the past But data … Read more