Weight loss and blood pressure: about 1 mmHg per kilogram
One of the few places in medicine where a rule of thumb survives contact with the meta-analysis.
Weight and knee pain: four kilos of load per kilo lost
The number everyone quotes is about load per step, not about your body weight. The real version is more impressive.
Weight and fertility: what the evidence supports, and what it doesn’t
Some of what people are told about weight and conception is true. Some of it is needlessly frightening and not supported.
Weight and cancer risk: the second biggest preventable cause
Only about 15% of people in the UK know this link exists, which is a large gap for the second biggest preventable cause of cancer.
Very low calorie diets: what NICE allows and why
The rules around these are unusually specific, and the reasons are not squeamishness.
Type 2 diabetes remission: what the NHS programme actually achieves
The famous 46% figure is real. It is also the twelve-month number, and the five-year number is very different.
Tracking calories accurately, or accurately enough
The errors are not random. They cluster in four predictable places, which makes them fixable.
Thyroid and weight: what an underactive thyroid really explains
It is the most requested blood test in weight conversations, and the most commonly misread result.
Testosterone replacement therapy in the UK: what it involves and what it doesn’t do
Replacement is a long-term commitment with a monitoring schedule attached. Here’s what that actually looks like.
How to get a useful appointment about your weight
The difference between a wasted appointment and a useful one is usually three things written down beforehand.