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Now Special K sheds some fat: Breakfast cereal reduces amount it contains by …

By
Sean Poulter

PUBLISHED:

19:16 EST, 16 May 2013

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UPDATED:

19:16 EST, 16 May 2013

Moving forward: The recipe of Special K is being changed – to make it healthier

The recipe of Special K is being changed – to make it healthier.

Saturated fat is being reduced by 40 per cent and salt by 11 per cent. The new cereal will also have 80 per cent more fibre.

Launched in Britain in 1959, Special K was originally aimed at men as a healthy alternative to a fry-up.

In 1983, a marketing shift saw the introduction of the red swimsuit-wearing Special K girl and its promotion as a weight loss aid for women.

Now the cereal, which is only outsold by Weetabix in this country, will be made from three grains – rice, wholewheat and barley.

Kellogg’s said the change is being made
as part of a wider policy to stop supermarkets and others stealing the
look and taste of its popular cereal.

It suggested the new recipe
will be kept a closely guarded secret to stop its rivals from
piggy backing on the success of the Special K brand.

However, the dramatic reformulation looks much more like a decision to improve the health of the cereal following criticism.

Last
year, the Advertising Standards Authority banned a TV commercial for
Special K for misleading women about the number of calories in a bowl.

It
suggested the figure was just 114 calories, however this failed to
include the calories in the milk, which could add anything from another
86 to 122.

The consumer group Which? has campaigned on the issue of
sugary breakfast cereals, suggesting they ought to be placed alongside
biscuits and cakes in the supermarket aisles.

Last year, it called on
Kellogg’s, supermarkets and others to improve their recipes, saying:
‘More action is needed by retailers and manufacturers to provide a wider
choice of healthier cereals.’

Interestingly, while many aspects of
the new Special K are more healthy, the amount of sugar and calories
will remain much the same.

Popular: Special K is only outsold by Weetabix in this country

The sugar will remain at about 5g for a small 30g bowl, while the calorie count comes in at around 112 before milk is added.

Kellogg’s
said it is surrounding the new recipe in secrecy and will use the law
to try and prevent rivals from copying the taste, look and appeal.

Spokesman,
Ruth Gresty, said: ‘There are many copycat versions of Special K on the
market – a phenomenon fairly unique to the UK – but our new recipe will
really stand out from the crowd as a premium, tastier product.

‘Now
made with three grains and wholegrain the new Special K flakes not only
look different and more wholesome but it’s our tastiest recipe yet.

‘We
are confident there’s no contest when compared with supermarket own
brands and we plan to keep the new formula a closely guarded secret to
stop history repeating itself.’

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Electrician who was so fat he had to drive a reinforced van loses an …

Dean Worrall, 36, used to tip the scales at 33st
He was made redundant and feared his size would prevent new employment
Now he weighs 16st 13lbs
As a result he’s got his career back on track

By
Ruth Styles

PUBLISHED:

13:15 EST, 1 May 2013

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UPDATED:

13:15 EST, 1 May 2013

An electrician who was so overweight his company had to buy him a specially reinforced van has been crowned the ‘Greatest Loser 2013′ after shedding more than half his bodyweight.

Dean Worrall, 36, lost 16st 13.5 lbs after he was made redundant and had feared he wouldn’t get another job due to his 33st bulk.

After making dramatic changes to his diet, he now weighs 16st 4lbs and has whittled down his waistline from 68 inches to just 40 inches in less than two years – and has finally got his career back on track.

Half the man he was: Dean Worrall has lost 16st 13.5 lbs in less than two years

New wardrobe needed: The electrician has whittled down his waistline from 68 inches to 40 inches

But in 2009, after years of living on fried food and calorie-laden tubs of ice cream, Dean was so overweight he was unable to perform basic tasks at work including climbing ladders and squeezing into small spaces.

Dean, who was crowned Slimming World’s Greatest Loser after losing more weight than any other member this year, said: ‘My weight impacted on every aspect of my work to the point where, if I’m honest, I struggled to do my job properly.

‘When I needed a new van there were only a few models I could have because I couldn’t fit into the front seats of most of them.

‘When I went on a job I had to bring a mate or an apprentice because I couldn’t fit in certain spaces, and I couldn’t go up into lofts in case I came through the ceiling.

But worse was to come.

‘When I was made redundant I wondered who would ever want to hire a 33 stone electrician,’ he revealed.

Career back on track: Dean was worried he wouldn’t get another job because of his large size

‘Every time I walked into a room for an interview I had to ask for a bigger chair or one without arms because they didn’t fit me. That was almost like a cross in the box against me before I’d even started.’

Dean, who is single, said he hit rock bottom in August 2010 after 18 months out of work. It was during an interview during which he had to ask for a wider chair that he finally realised he had to lose weight.

‘I knew losing weight would be the best way to increase my chances of finding work again,’ he explained.

Dean’s weight problems began as a child but trouble really started after he left aged 16 and began to enjoy the freedom earning money and being able to drive brought him.

He explained: ‘The combination of available funds, the freedom that having a car gave me and long hours working and at college meant that I was living on fast food on the move and before I knew it my weight was out of control.

‘My biggest vice was takeaway pizza with extra bacon and cheese – I knew I could order it at work and it would be there by the time I got home.’

Accolade: Dean has been crowned Slimming World’s Greatest Loser 2013

Before losing weight, he’d tuck into a full English breakfast or sausage and egg McMuffins, followed by a lunch of pie and chips, while dinner consisted of chicken nuggets or pizza with extra bacon and cheese and chips with a tub of Haagen Dazs ice cream for dessert.

If he felt peckish between meals, Dean opted for a bar of chocolate or bag of crisps to satisfy his hunger.

However, after switching to porridge or yoghurt for breakfast, tuna with couscous and grilled veg for lunch and healthy roasted chicken and veg for dessert Dean noticed the weight melt away.

A visit to his GP brought a referral to a slimming group, and Dean, who chose a Slimming World group with a male leader, was surprised and pleased to see several other men in the group, and soon began losing weight.

He found work through an agency just a week after joining and has been busy ever since, while the weight-loss has transformed his working day.

He said: ‘I’m loving life again and would recommend anyone who’s thinking about trying to lose weight, whether it’s just a stone or two or a lot like me , just to go for it.

‘I’d never have believed I’d be here less than three years later and half the man I was with a whole new life to look forward to, but it’s true.’

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I’m no Fat Betty! Mad Men star January Jones shows slender figure in high …

By
Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED:

16:14 EST, 19 April 2013

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UPDATED:

16:41 EST, 19 April 2013

In Mad Men, her desperate housewife character Betty is battling with her weight.

But January Jones couldn’t have looked more different than her frumpy onscreen persona while out running errands recently.

The 35-year-old was casual and laid-back in ripped jeans and sandals as she stopped by a FedEx location in Los Felix, Los Angeles on Friday.

Has her hands full: January Jones showed off her curves in high-waisted jeans as she picked up a package from FedEx while texting on her phone on Friday in Los Angeles

‘Fat Betty’: The star’s Mad Men character struggles with her weight

The actress looked stylish in the high-waisted jeans, which featured rips on the thigh and knee and frayed edging on the bottom.

January wore a lightweight cream sweater that sported thick white stripes and slouchy sleeves that bunched at the elbow.

She paired the look with brown leather sandals that featured trendy black tassels and a large black bag that she slung diagonally over her shoulder.

January opted to wear no makeup
during the excursion, rather donning a pair of giant brown shades to
shield her eyes from the sun.

She wore her signature short blonde hair natural with a slight wave, with a simple middle parting.

The mother-of-one was seen holding a small paper package after exiting the courier store.

With one of the most sought after
jobs in television, the Mad Men actress hit screens again earlier this
month as the Matthew Weiner show returned for its sixth series.

Always stylish: The 35-year-old looked chic in the jeans, which she paired with a lightweight cream sweater and brown leather sandals

Not fussed: The star appeared to be wearing no makeup and wore her trademark short hair loose and unstyled

Speaking
about the affect her role as Sixties housewife Betty Draper has had on
her life, Jones admitted that she would not have coped well if she lived
in that era.

January told zap2it.com: ‘I feel very
fortunate. I see myself as a very independent modern woman and would
struggle very much if I was put in that situation.

‘I
wouldn’t know how to cope with that, unless I did what I do now, unless
I was an actress and had a bit more freedom. But they had studio
contacts and things, so it would have just been very hard.’

She added: ‘If I put myself now, in [that time], it would be very hard. If I grew up in it? I don’t know.’

Getting things done: January was seen holding a small paper package as she left the FedEx store, making her way to her car

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She was never fat!

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Pearla from the Moon
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Earth ex-pat,
19/4/2013 23:14

Can someone please tell me why she is still in a fat suit – Annoyed when I saw her in the suit in Episode 1 this season.

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Ladyb
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Toronto – Canada,
19/4/2013 23:07

ok

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Draya
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Liverpool, United Kingdom,
19/4/2013 23:04

I love her top and sandals

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thegreatdanadane
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las vegas,
19/4/2013 22:44

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Fat people live longer ‘because their brains get more nourishment under stress’, says obesity doctor

People who don’t eat when stressed are in danger, warns Achim Peters
Thin people’s brains take nutrients from their muscles and organs
This is riskier for their health than being fat, and affects life expectancy
But fat people don’t have such risks as they are better nourished

By
Allan Hall

PUBLISHED:

11:32 EST, 28 February 2013

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UPDATED:

12:33 EST, 28 February 2013

Fat people live longer than their skinny counterparts because their brains get more nourishment under stress, a German obesity expert has claimed.

Achim Peters says that overweight people are more suited to the stresses of modern life because their metabolisms are better able deal with it.

Professor Peters, of Luebeck University in northern Germany and author of the book ‘Overweight Myths – Why Fat People Live Longer,’ has been studying the
brain and weight related issues for three decades. He says it is a
myth that fat people die sooner than their thin counterparts.

Fat people live longer because their brains get more nourishment under stress, a leading obesity expert has claimed

He said: ‘People react to a stressful, uncertain circumstances in two different ways. Some eat and become fat.

‘The others refuse food and become thin. The ones who become really ill are the thin ones. The fat ones are, in comparison with the thin ones, much healthier.’

He added that being thin in itself not a problem, but those who lose weight when under stress are in danger.

‘We have to worry much more about the thin stressed people than about the fat stressed people. Yet they are not regarded widely as having a problem precisely because they are thin. But in fact they die earliest.’

Professor Peters told a German newspaper that he and his colleagues studied ‘toxic stress’ brought on by factors outside of an individual’s control, such as poverty, bullying, abuse, divorce, low self-esteem and trouble in the workplace.

People who don’t eat when they’re stressed are in danger, as their brain gets nutrients from the muscles and organs, rather than food

Individuals who pile on the pounds under such circumstance ‘get the nutrients they need to feed their brains.

‘When the brain doesn’t get them from external sources, it gets them from within – from muscles and even worse, from the organs. Thin stressed people are the least healthy people.’

He went on: ‘So far, only the relationship between being overweight and mortality has been studied. The cause of the mortality is not in just being overweight, it lies in stress.’

He said that ‘social imbalances’ that lead to stress cannot be fixed with diets – rather, it is the duty of government to worry about taking away the stresses of modern day life to get people to shed some weight.

‘Society needs to change, not fat people,’ he added.

Asked if there is an ideal weight, he said; ‘No. Modern research speaks only of weight diversity. Every human being has the survival strategy ideal for his or her life.

‘The ostracism of fatties puts pressure on fat people psychologically.’

Indeed, he said, there are studies that prove that fat people earn less, are fired faster and are more often bullied.

He added that the idea that slimness equals beauty ‘contributes greatly to the misfortunes of the overweight’.

‘If you look carefully there were or are stressful circumstances for fat people who do not seem stressed. But these people have found a solution.

‘They have become stress tolerant and in return, get a balanced mood. But they have to pay a price for this – eating.’

There are anti-stress therapies which he said were effective in the longer term and could alter eating behaviour and lead to weight loss.

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Bottom line is that humans are amazingly complex. Two things will determine how long you live. One is your genes and one is your lifestyle. And you can’t go it’s a 50 50 split between the two, as its different for everyone. So the inevitable result is a few fat lazy people who live until 90, a few underweight malnourished types who live until 90, a lot of normally weighted people who live until a normal age, a significant amount of unlucky people who just die young for many reasons. Life is a lottery, the only certainty in life is death, the irony is that there is absolutely no certainty when it will happen!!

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Keep It Real
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Milton Keynes, UK,
02/3/2013 14:31

Rubbish! Fat people this is no excuse to excess eating- this article is nonsense

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blue
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London,
02/3/2013 07:54

Healthy people live longer. You don’t need a degree to know that.
- ap, Beds, United Kingdom, 28/2/2013 16:59 Happier people enjoy the time that they have, irrespective of their weight.

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Scissle
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Bradford, United Kingdom,
02/3/2013 05:37

Fat people seem far more relaxed than the rest of us. And happier.

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cwjones
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london,
01/3/2013 16:20

Charles Durning lived until 89 and Ernest Borgnine to 95.

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Patrick
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Katy,
01/3/2013 14:51

Or they live longer cos there thinking of that elusive last jam Donut and make sure they get it before anybody else does !!! lol !!!

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Jamie Millar
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manchester, United Kingdom,
01/3/2013 14:27

one minute if you are fat you will die younger, now you will live longer, all a load of rubbish really.

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tinkerbelle
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lalaland, United Kingdom,
01/3/2013 13:21

My mum lived till she was 93 and didn’t die of an obesity related illness.She was 5 feet and weighed 13 stone 12 .She’d had seven kids and was overweight all of her life.My dad died at 86 and he was plump.Being thin doesn’t mean guaranteed longevity.

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lola
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lancashire,
01/3/2013 12:44

How many fat people in their 80s and 90s has he seen lately?

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Lenka
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Midlandia,
01/3/2013 12:23

There is substantial empirical evidence that a low caloric intake substantially extends lifespan. This has been shown in lots of species including humans. The examples listed below are just two of hundreds of scientific publications on this. Fact is that overeating and being overweight is tightly linked to diabetes. Diabetes means that you cannot utilise sugars properly no matter how much you eat, and the upshot is that your brain gets starved of energy. There are also hundreds of studies that show that diabetes is tightly linked to brain disease in older adults. This “specialist” should do his homework before making such spurious statements.

Pijl H. Longevity. The allostatic load of dietary restriction. Physiol Behav. 2012 Apr 12;106(1):51-7. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.05.030

Xiang L, He G. Caloric restriction and antiaging effects. Ann Nutr Metab. 2011;58(1):42-8. doi: 10.1159/000323748.

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Mara
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London,
01/3/2013 12:18

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Fat people live longer 'because their brains get more nourishment under stress', says obesity doctor

People who don’t eat when stressed are in danger, warns Achim Peters
Thin people’s brains take nutrients from their muscles and organs
This is riskier for their health than being fat, and affects life expectancy
But fat people don’t have such risks as they are better nourished

By
Allan Hall

PUBLISHED:

11:32 EST, 28 February 2013

|

UPDATED:

12:33 EST, 28 February 2013

Fat people live longer than their skinny counterparts because their brains get more nourishment under stress, a German obesity expert has claimed.

Achim Peters says that overweight people are more suited to the stresses of modern life because their metabolisms are better able deal with it.

Professor Peters, of Luebeck University in northern Germany and author of the book ‘Overweight Myths – Why Fat People Live Longer,’ has been studying the
brain and weight related issues for three decades. He says it is a
myth that fat people die sooner than their thin counterparts.

Fat people live longer because their brains get more nourishment under stress, a leading obesity expert has claimed

He said: ‘People react to a stressful, uncertain circumstances in two different ways. Some eat and become fat.

‘The others refuse food and become thin. The ones who become really ill are the thin ones. The fat ones are, in comparison with the thin ones, much healthier.’

He added that being thin in itself not a problem, but those who lose weight when under stress are in danger.

‘We have to worry much more about the thin stressed people than about the fat stressed people. Yet they are not regarded widely as having a problem precisely because they are thin. But in fact they die earliest.’

Professor Peters told a German newspaper that he and his colleagues studied ‘toxic stress’ brought on by factors outside of an individual’s control, such as poverty, bullying, abuse, divorce, low self-esteem and trouble in the workplace.

People who don’t eat when they’re stressed are in danger, as their brain gets nutrients from the muscles and organs, rather than food

Individuals who pile on the pounds under such circumstance ‘get the nutrients they need to feed their brains.

‘When the brain doesn’t get them from external sources, it gets them from within – from muscles and even worse, from the organs. Thin stressed people are the least healthy people.’

He went on: ‘So far, only the relationship between being overweight and mortality has been studied. The cause of the mortality is not in just being overweight, it lies in stress.’

He said that ‘social imbalances’ that lead to stress cannot be fixed with diets – rather, it is the duty of government to worry about taking away the stresses of modern day life to get people to shed some weight.

‘Society needs to change, not fat people,’ he added.

Asked if there is an ideal weight, he said; ‘No. Modern research speaks only of weight diversity. Every human being has the survival strategy ideal for his or her life.

‘The ostracism of fatties puts pressure on fat people psychologically.’

Indeed, he said, there are studies that prove that fat people earn less, are fired faster and are more often bullied.

He added that the idea that slimness equals beauty ‘contributes greatly to the misfortunes of the overweight’.

‘If you look carefully there were or are stressful circumstances for fat people who do not seem stressed. But these people have found a solution.

‘They have become stress tolerant and in return, get a balanced mood. But they have to pay a price for this – eating.’

There are anti-stress therapies which he said were effective in the longer term and could alter eating behaviour and lead to weight loss.

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Never seen an obese 100 year old.

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l_l
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JaxFL, United States,
01/3/2013 03:35

Thank God-let me get back to that cream bun!

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willis
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buderim,
01/3/2013 03:18

Thank God-let me get back to that cream bun!

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willis
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buderim,
01/3/2013 03:13

Thank God-let me get back to that cream bun!

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willis
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buderim,
01/3/2013 03:12

LOL!!!!

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Pixie
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Manchester, United Kingdom,
01/3/2013 02:41

I should be all right until I’m about 106 then.

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Adelaide
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Hobart, Australia,
01/3/2013 02:33

I think people here might have a point. Flash me red, but I haven’t seen many obese people in their 90′s either. You know,….if food doesn’t kill you first… then…the coping mechanism helped you?

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buttercookies
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Boston,
01/3/2013 01:50

Oh my god, more enabling of being fat. There is established proof that extra flab isn’t good for you. 1800 calories of veggies and fruit has way more nutrients than 4000 calories of mcdonalds or lasagna, which is what most pigs eat. Not only that but its unattractive, that is neve going to change.

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annehathaway
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austin, United States,
01/3/2013 01:47

Good…

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Victim
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Warrington,
01/3/2013 00:42

Right so am I supposed to get fat then?! But I thought the was bad for you?! Or do I stay thin and what I thought was healthy?! Oh this is stressing me out! But do I eat now or not?!…. Oh good bye cruel world!
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I wouldn’t worry about it. A few weeks back the DM had an article that said if you eat under 1,200 calories a day you lived longer. I think the moral is life is short so eat the piece of pie.

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somewhere,
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Fat bottoms up: Calorie labels could be added to bottles of wine, beer and …

Health minister Anna Soubry confirms to MailOnline that she is in talks with the drinks industry about giving details of how fattening alcohol is
A single measure of spirits contains more calories than the same amount of single cream while a pint of lager is equivalent to a slice of pizza

By
Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor

PUBLISHED:

07:35 EST, 1 February 2013

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UPDATED:

09:24 EST, 1 February 2013

The calorie count of wine, beer and spirits could be added to labels in a fresh attempt to deter people from drinking.

Ministers are in talks with the drinks industry about warning the public about how fattening alcohol can be.

Official guidance points out that a measure of spirits has more calories than the equivalent amount of single cream and booze accounts for 9 per cent of the average adult’s calorie intake.

The calorie count of alcoholic drinks could be displayed in pubs and shops under plans to warn people about how fattening booze can be

Four in five alcohol drinks will give display healthy eating information by the end of the year, but health minister Anna Soubry confirmed to MailOnline that the government could go further and include details of calorie levels on labels.

The straight-talking minister has made headlines in recent weeks for her drive to make the public healthier, including suggesting that poor families are more likely to be obese and describing office workers’ lunchtime habit of eating a sandwich at their desk as ‘disgusting’.

The coalition government has repeatedly ruled out using the law to force food and drink firms to give more information to customers.

But using Responsibility Deals it has reached voluntary agreements with leading producers to make clearer how healthy what they sell is.

Dozens of companies including McDonald’s,
KFC and Pizza Hut signed up to a deal to provide calorie information on
menus for non-alcohol food and drink.

Health minister Anna Soubry is in talks with industry leaders about adding calorie information to alcoholic drinks

Now the warnings could go further and be added to beer and wine on sale in shops and even pubs.

A survey by charity DrinkAware found almost half of people knew how many calories there were in a cheeseburger but just one in three knew how fattening a glass of wine is.

A glass of wine has almost the same number of calories as four cookies while a pint of lager is equivalent to a slice of pizza.

A single 25ml measure of spirits has more calories (56kcal) than the same amount of single cream (47kcal), the government warns.

A gin and tonic contains 126 calories, a bottle of white wine 555 and a pint of lager or cider around 250.

Experts also point out that drinkers also tend to eat high-fat snacks like crisps, nuts, chips and kebabs.

A Department of Health survey in 2009 found that one in three people ordered crisps, nuts or pork scratchings with an alcohol drink.

The average wine drinker consumes an extra 2,000 calories a month, equivalent to 38 roast beef dinners a year.

The government negotiated new EU rules to allow for ‘at-a-glance voluntary nutrition information in a wide variety of settings’ including on alcohol.

Mrs Soubry, Public Health Minister said: ‘We’re continuing to work with industry to take forward the plans we set out in the alcohol strategy on labelling of alcoholic drinks.

‘By the end of this year, 80 per cent of all alcoholic drinks on shop shelves will include clear labelling on units and health messages.

‘Through the Responsibility Deal we will continue to discuss how to give consumers more information on alcoholic drinks, including calorie labelling.’

A survey by Drinkaware, backed by TV presenter Lisa Faulkner, found people have no idea how many calories are in alcoholic drinks despite pledges to lose weight

Retailers including Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco are working with the Department of Health on how to display calorie counts on alcohol. The Co-Op already includes some calorie information on its own brand beer, wine, cider and spirits.

The Alcohol Network of the Responsibility Deal is ‘looking to develop further pledges which could also support calorie reduction’.

As part of a deal with the government, Heineken agreed to reduce the strength of a major brand of beer, removing 100m units of alcohol from our consumption each year – the equivalent of 5.6bn calories. Now ministers want to develop similar pledges.

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exercise enough and calories don’t matter

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silvers
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London,
01/2/2013 19:46

I decided to try this ‘five – two’ diet as advocated by Dr Moseley. Being in my mid 50′s, I have a few extra pounds building up – it doesn’t help that my wife cooks beautiful meals! Also tried an ‘app’ that records / monitors what I’m eating drinking. I have tried every b****y diet going but, to be honest, I simply got fatter. Except now – down SIX pounds so far this month! Cutting down food is easy – when you record everything you eat, it does make you think twice – but cutting booze is difficult. Suddenly, that glass of Pinot Grigio makes me feel guilty; you wonder if you should not eat dinner or have another glass. If they put calories on each bottle, I personally think it’s a great idea! Booze is now definitely something in my equations now, whereas before I simply ignored it. Stupid…

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Mike in Letcombe
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South Oxfordshire England, United Kingdom,
01/2/2013 19:45

so a single measure of vodka or gin contains more calories than the same amount of cream , hillarious ! what total rubbish

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silvers
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London,
01/2/2013 19:45

PEOPLE WHO CARE ALREADY KNOW HOW MANY CALORIES ARE IN THEIR DRINK.

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golfpro100
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Horsham.,
01/2/2013 19:19

555 calories per bottle of wine – that’s not bad! ;0)

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Bored with all this BULL!
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UK,
01/2/2013 19:19

So basically, compared to chocolate and sweets, alcohol is low in calories

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had to be said
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UK,
01/2/2013 19:18

I find it strange that the “powers that be” are so hot to seem caring about beating addictions (i.e. smoking drinking), but i havn’t heard a peep out of them about battling another major addiction… Gambling!, i’m not against the odd flutter on the ponies or a quid now and again on the lotto, but has anybody noticed how much advertising for online bingo, online poker , there’s even an ad for joining to gamble via your mobile phone, yet these bloodsuckers are perfectly legitimate under the government, and as for this story, how many alcoholics will even care what calories are in the bottle as long as it’s got alcohol in it?

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JG
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Up North, United Kingdom,
01/2/2013 19:18

global warming, oil running out, over population, unaffordable homes, no pensions, etc

make mine a large one

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Mark
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Bristol,
01/2/2013 19:12

It won’t be long before science will come to the conclusion that what they thought about calories and weight control is not as straight forward as all the experts keep shouting about, fewer calories and more exercise only tells part of the story, calorific values of different food types have different effects on the body and do not offer the same weight gain characteristics as each other. Watch this space.

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How much more
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Leicester,
01/2/2013 19:10

It really doesn’t matter how many calories you consume, just be active and enjoy drinking whenever you feel like it

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CK
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Essex,
01/2/2013 19:09

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If only! Hilarious 1920s ads for fat soaps that claimed you could ‘wash away …

Vintage ads reveal exaggerated claims made by chemists 100 years ago
Obesity Soaps and Fat Reducing Soaps were commonly promoted as guaranteeing weight loss
Ads claimed users could target specific areas and lose inches

By
Deborah Arthurs

PUBLISHED:

11:39 EST, 28 January 2013

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UPDATED:

12:47 EST, 28 January 2013

If it worked, it would be the stuff of dreams. A soap that could ‘wash away fat and years of age’ would be the number one beauty product on any woman’s wish list.

Chances are though, such a product will never exist. But according to hilarious ads uncovered from the archives though, not only have the products already been invented, but they were readily available in pharmacies almost 100 years ago.

A Central London company from the 1920s had on sale a soap that it claimed could ‘reduce any part of the body desired without affecting other parts.’

If only! A 1920s advert from a Central London store claims users can
‘wash away fat and years of age’ with La-Mar reducing Soap. ‘Acts like
magic in reducing double chin and ungainly ankle,’ it says

‘The new discovery. results quick and amazing,’ ads for the so-called Reducing Soap said.

‘No dieting or exercising. Be as slim
as you wish. Acts like magic in reducing double chin, abdomen, ungainly
ankle, unbecoming wrists, arms and shoulders, large busts, or any
superfluous fat on body.’

The firm said the product, which cost 2/ a cake or three for 4/, came with satisfaction guaranteed – or your money back.

Whether or not any customers took them up on that offer will remain a mystery – but the fact that the miracle Reducing Soap is no longer in production is a good indicator that it wasn’t as genuinely effective as it promised.

Big claims: ‘Fat is folly’, screams one advert, which claims the La Parle Obesity Soap can reduce fat without ‘dieting or gymnastics’

Over the other side of the pond, La
Parle were punting their Obesity Soap, a remarkable product that they
claim, when used like an ordinary soap, ‘positively reduces fat without
dieting or gymnastics.

‘Absolutely harmless. Never fails to reduce flesh when directions are followed,’ it says.

Amen to that – and for just $2 for two cakes.

As for Dr Paul Bouchaud’s Fat
Reducing Soap, well, what woman – or man – wouldn’t kill for its
slimming properties? The product claims to be able to absorb fatty
tissues from ‘all over the body.’

Mr Bouchaud’s Fat Reducing Soap has already ‘made thousands of overburdened folk happy,’ the advert claims.

‘All unhealthy flabbiness of muscles
regain new life under the influence of this specially compounded
flesh-reducing soap,’ the ad goes on to say, promising to make unwanted
fat a ‘thing of the past.’

Fat chance of that.

Bathe yourself thin: The Slim Figure Bath was dubbed ‘The Sensation Of Europe’ – and advertisers hoped it would have a similar effect when it hit Chicago

‘Making thousands of overburdened folk happy’: Dr Paul Bouchard’s Flesh Reducing Soap says it will remodel your figure to what you wish it to be

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Bit of a laugh as well as those postcards now taken away in some restaurants as they were deemed offensive. We have lost the plot.

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taff
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wales,
28/1/2013 19:02

If it were only that easy.

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googs
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Minneapolis, United States,
28/1/2013 18:18

Fantastic! I want some! (it works right …? )

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JennyAnyDots
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Liverpool,
28/1/2013 18:05

DM, articles like these are collector items.I save these as PDF.Last few on DM recently were about the detailed letters of a Victorian adulteress,1920s night life in USA,and the “Adult” movies of the 1950s.These have considerable “research-value” for those interested in vintage stuff.Thank you.

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Mercam
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Seattle, United States,
28/1/2013 18:00

“Hilarious” :- /

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AA
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Herts,
28/1/2013 17:55

Have to admit, I got a kick out of this.

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Englishman
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Mansfield,
28/1/2013 17:50

bai lin tea anyone?

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tigerboy
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east yorkshire, Algeria,
28/1/2013 17:49

Absolutely side-splitting. Laugh? I thought I’d never start…

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chas
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Dover,
28/1/2013 17:19

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Now we want fat IN, not out: Number of cosmetic operations in which fat is …

By
Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED:

20:59 EST, 27 January 2013

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UPDATED:

20:59 EST, 27 January 2013

Surgical injections have overtaken operations to remove fat, according to new figures

The recession has sparked a boom in the number of people seeking anti ageing surgery, according to new research.

Face and neck lifts shot up by 14 per cent last year with 5,560 procedures carried out while eyelid surgery and fat transfer showed a rise of 13 percent to 6,829 and and 2,882 respectively.

However, demand for body-shaping operations such as liposuction, tummy tucks and ‘man boob’ reductions fell out of favour dramatically with Brits, possibly inspired by the Olympics, going back to the gym instead of under the knife.

Dr Rajiv Grover, president of the
British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, said: “Every week
there are reports of new ‘lunchtime’ or ‘Hollywood craze’ treatments
that are here today, gone tomorrow.

‘The growth rates for surgical
face-lifting and other anti-ageing procedures showed a double digit
rise, despite a double dip recession.

‘Perhaps because of turbulent
financial times, patients are looking for tried-and-tested procedures
that deliver a reliable, long-lasting result and which have a proven
safety record.

‘While there is an undeniable rise in
demand for non-surgical treatments of the face; for example Botox and
fillers; once there is actual loose skin in the neck or jowling, only
surgery is likely to make a significant improvement and the public seem
to be increasingly aware of this.’

In the wake of the PIP implants scandal, demand for breast augmentation dipped as expected but only slightly by 1.6 percent from 10,015 to 9,854 to maintain its place as the most popular cosmetic surgery.

Overall, the number of procedures showed a tiny rise of 0.2 percent from 2011 to a total of 43,172, and their order of popularity remained largely unchanged. ‘

Male brow lifts went up by an impressive 19 percent from 125 to 149, eyelid surgery by eleven percent and even fat transfer procedures to restore lost volume to the face by ten percent.

Women had more fat injecting than fat-removing procedures for the first time, 2,641 compared with 2,638 liposuction ops.

In contrast, demand for body-shaping procedures such as liposuction and tummy tucks tumbled by 14 percent and 12 percent respectively, for both genders combined.

Male breast or ‘moob’ reduction surgery, possibly shunned in favour of new non surgical approaches was down by 18 percent, yet still maintained its place as the third most popular procedure for men. Male surgery overall fell by 4.5 percent from 4,298 to 4,102 in 2012, but men still account for roughly one in ten of all cosmetic surgery patients.

Added Dr Grover: ‘The considerable drop in body shaping procedures such as liposuction and tummy tucks may well be due to people choosing to head back to the gym, perhaps inspired by an unforgettable summer of Olympic golds, or the fact there are now many less-invasive options to target problem areas, such as for gynaecomastia or ‘man boobs’.

‘Interestingly, for the first time we see a greater number of women having procedures to re-insert fat, known as fat transfer to add volume to the face, than to remove it in the form of liposuction.

‘The growing appreciation facial ageing is more than just about the effects of gravity, combined with scientific advances the rejuvenating qualities of stem cells contained within fat help explain this trend.

‘The Nobel prize for medicine in 2012 being awarded to research in the field of stem cell physiology suggests this may be an area of continued growth in the future.’

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Now we want fat IN, not out: Number of cosmetic operations in which fat is injected overtakes procedures to remove it

By
Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED:

20:59 EST, 27 January 2013

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UPDATED:

20:59 EST, 27 January 2013