Cocoa could help obese people lose weight, study claims 

Substituting a cup of cocoa throughout the day for other snacks could help obese people lose weight – even if they’re on a high-fat diet, a new study claims.  In lab experiments, US researchers gave obese mice with liver disease a dietary supplement of cocoa powder, for a period of eight weeks.  Even though the … Read more

Obese Thai monkey whose weight DOUBLED after eating junk food is sent to fat camp to get in shape

Godzilla gets sent to fat camp: Mega-monkey whose weight DOUBLED after being fed junk food at Thai market is rescued after video of the podgy primate went viral Godzilla has ballooned to more than double the average weight for his species and weighs over 3st (20kg) The three-year-old macaque lives at a market in Bangkok’s … Read more

Obese monkey overfed by Thai shoppers sparks comparisons to ‘Uncle Fatty’ who ‘ate himself to death’

Chunky monkey being killed with kindness: Tank top-wearing ‘Godzilla’ kept at Thai market balloons due to shoppers giving him junk food – sparking comparisons to ‘Uncle Fatty’ who ‘ate himself to death’ Godzilla has ballooned to more than double the average weight for his species The three-year-old macaque lives at a market in Bangkok’s Min … Read more

Obese nurse, 55, drops 8 dress sizes after £2,000 gastric mind therapy

A nurse who ballooned to nearly 16-and-a-half stone by gorging on five meals a day has shed eight dress sizes following £2,000 gastric mind therapy. Mother-of-one Reija Uski, 55, who lives in Spain, had previously visited British-run Elite clinic in southern Spain for help quitting smoking, which she did after two sessions of hypnosis.  Impressed by … Read more

More than 73% of Americans who die of COVID are obese, CDC data show

Americans who are overweight or obese make up more than 73 percent of those who die of the virus, new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data reveal. People who were obese made up nearly half of all fatalities among hospitalized coronavirus patients logged in the new report.   Those figures align with the overall … Read more

Morbidly obese mother who weighed 31st branded ‘selfish’ for relying on daughter to look after her

A morbidly obese mother who weighed 31st and was branded ‘selfish’ for relying on her daughter to look after her when she was just 11-years-old revealed her 10st weight loss on Shut-Ins: Britain’s Fattest People. Last night’s episode of the Channel 4 show caught up with those who appeared in the first series of the … Read more

Morbidly obese mother who weighed 31st branded ‘selfish’ for relying on daughter to look after her

A morbidly obese mother who weighed 31st and was branded ‘selfish’ for relying on her daughter to look after her when she was just 11-years-old revealed her 10st weight loss on Shut-Ins: Britain’s Fattest People. Last night’s episode of the Channel 4 show caught up with those who appeared in the first series of the … Read more

Anthea Turner sparks row after posting rant about selfish attitudes with meme of obese disabled lady

Former Blue Peter presenter Anthea Turner apologised this morning after posting a cartoon of an overweight woman in a wheelchair eating McDonalds berating a thinner lady wearing no PPE in messages about ‘coronavirus selfishness’. Turner, 60, had posted the image on social media alongside the phrase ‘Go for it x’ before embarking on a series … Read more

Anthea Turner sparks row after posting rant about selfish attitudes with meme of obese disabled lady

Former Blue Peter presenter Anthea Turner is embroiled in an anti-mask disability row after fuming about coronavirus ‘selfish attitudes’ and showing an overweight woman in a wheelchair eating McDonalds berating a thinner lady wearing no PPE. Turner, 60, had posted the cartoon on social media alongside the phrase ‘Go for it x’ before embarking on … Read more