(PHE: Excess Weight and COVID-19 Insights from new evidence, 2020). Full article available here
According to Insights from new evidence, published in Public Health England have outlined the importance of tackling our obesity crisis:
“Living with obesity seriously affects people’s quality of life and their health. It increases the risk of hypertension, heart attacks, stroke, heart failure, type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and some cancers in adults (4, 5, 6).
Obesity is the second biggest preventable cause of cancer in the UK with more than 1 in 20 cancer cases caused by excess weight (16). These diseases for which obesity is a risk factor are over represented in patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in hospital or with more severe COVID-19 (17)”
So to help us all out, I’ve put together a checklist below, to help you keep an eye on your own gut health and avoid common mistakes that can typically lead to an unhappy gut and consequently obesity:
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