Bbc Diabetes

The 2017 Diabetes Summit, 20th - 27th March 2017 eBooks & eLearning

Posted by ParRus at April 9, 2017

Join 30+ of the world's leading experts as they give practical and innovative solutions to boost metabolic health, improve weight, and balance blood sugar.

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BBC Panorama - Diabetes: The Hidden Killer (2016) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Oct. 4, 2016

An investigation into the health epidemic that afflicts almost one in ten people in Birmingham and can lead to heart failure, blindness, kidney disease and leg amputations.

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BBC Panorama - Ultra-Processed Food: A Recipe for Ill Health? (2023) Movies

Posted by notbanned at June 8, 2023

The UK is facing a chronic illness epidemic, with diabetes rates at record levels and cancers in young people rising steeply. Now, there’s growing evidence suggesting this could be linked to the food we eat. Ultra-processed convenience foods contain chemicals that UK regulators say are safe, but Panorama investigates emerging scientific evidence of a link between some of these chemicals and cancer, diabetes and strokes.

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BBC - The Fantastical World of Hormones (2014) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Jan. 23, 2019

Hormones shape each and every one of us, affecting almost every aspect of our lives - our height, our weight, our appetites, how we grow and reproduce, and even how we behave and feel. This documentary tells the wonderful and often weird story of how hormones were discovered. Presenter John Wass, one the country's leading experts on hormones, relates some amazing stories - how as recently as the 19th century boys were castrated to keep their pure soprano voice, how juices were extracted from testicles in the hope they would rejuvenate old men and how true medical heroes like Frederick Banting discovered a way to make insulin, thus saving the lives of countless diabetes sufferers.

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BBC - The Fantastical World of Hormones (2014) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Sept. 24, 2016

Hormones shape each and every one of us, affecting almost every aspect of our lives - our height, our weight, our appetites, how we grow and reproduce, and even how we behave and feel.

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BBC - A Cabbie Abroad (2014) Movies

Posted by notbanned at July 8, 2014

London cabbie Mason McQueen follows up on his experiences in Toughest Place to be a Taxi Driver as he takes on a global taxi-driving challenge.

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BBC - Food: Truth or Scare - Series 1 (2016) Movies

Posted by notbanned at March 1, 2016

Chris Bavin and Gloria Hunniford examine the facts behind the headlines and pseudo-science to make sense of confusing advice about which foods are healthy or harmful.

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BBC - The Fantastical World of Hormones (2014) Movies

Posted by notbanned at March 6, 2014

Hormones shape each and every one of us, affecting almost every aspect of our lives - our height, our weight, our appetites, how we grow and reproduce, and even how we behave and feel. This documentary tells the wonderful and often weird story of how hormones were discovered. Presenter John Wass, one the country's leading experts on hormones, relates some amazing stories - how as recently as the 19th century boys were castrated to keep their pure soprano voice, how juices were extracted from testicles in the hope they would rejuvenate old men and how true medical heroes like Frederick Banting discovered a way to make insulin, thus saving the lives of countless diabetes sufferers. And hormones remain at the cutting edge of medicine as we try and deal with modern scourges like obesity.

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BBC - Shedding the Fat (2018) Movies

Posted by notbanned at Nov. 28, 2018

There are 12 million obese people in the UK. This observational documentary follows the exceptionally moving weight-loss journeys of four NHS patients being treated by one of the country's leading bariatric teams based at University Hospital Ayr. Alison weighs nearly 24 stone. She loves steak and salty microwave popcorn and is addicted to food. But while she doesn't like the way she looks, she doesn't see herself as fat. Her goal is to lose enough weight to gain the confidence to wear trousers for the first time since she was a child. Stephen weighs over 26 stone. Bariatric surgery will send his diabetes into remission, but he is struggling to give up all the sugary food and drink he enjoys.

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BBC - The Fantastical World of Hormones (2014) Movies

Posted by Tutorial at Nov. 22, 2019

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