August 31st, 2010
Congratulations to our Executive Director
Patricia Sadio – well done!
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June 17th, 2010
One of our members will use this site to record her experiences of cancer and obesity. Here is her first blog.
Being obese and then diagnosed with cancer brings with it the fear of being accused of living a greedy, lazy lifestyle so much so that even cancer is your own fault. My cancer is not obesity related. [...]
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May 21st, 2010
By taking a stand at this year’s event, the charity aimed to talk to visitors about the psychological aspect of the condition, and were overwhelmed by the response they received. “We felt that being at the NIP conference would give us the opportunity to convey our approach directly to front line workers, and we were [...]
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May 20th, 2010
We were recently featured in an article in the Huddersfield Examiner regarding our support of European Obesity Day.
Click the link to see the full report http://tinyurl.com/2uoorzb
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May 17th, 2010
We have joined up with over 30 other organisations throughout Europe to raise awareness of the need for action regarding obesity issues at European level, and to ensure that the voices of overweight and obese patients are heard.
European Obesity Day – which takes place on 22 May – is an initiative which brings together medical, [...]
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May 5th, 2010
We’re excited about the forthcoming Nursing in Practice Exhibition as we will be taking a stand there for the first time!
The training and support programmes we have developed for professionals – health workers, youth workers and social workers – focus on understanding the complexities of such a sensitive issue, and how to communicate effectively [...]
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May 4th, 2010
We were recently interviewed for a profile which has been published today in the Kirklees Business News (part of the Huddersfield Examiner).
Click on the link to read the full piece and let us know what you think!
http://tinyurl.com/2vzptof
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April 22nd, 2010
We were recently invited by Huddersfield University to deliver an Obesity Masterclass, to health and social workers from across Yorkshire.
I was one of a range of childhood obesity experts to be asked to provide a Masterclass by the divisional head and principal lecturer in Children’s Public Health at Huddersfield University, Dr Sue Smith.
Through [...]
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March 18th, 2010
Obesity is high on the NHS agenda but sometimes it can seem nothing is hitting the ground. We are having to turn away some referrals of young people looking for support for being bullied out of school because this aspect of obesity is regularly overlooked when funding is allocated. We will continue to support those [...]
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March 18th, 2010
How time flies! We’ve been extremely busy preparing speaking engagements and University Masterclasses. We are always taken aback at how regularly people confuse obesitycare with slimming.
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