News you can trust since 1873
Subscribe
  • News
    • Latest
    • Traffic & Travel
    • Crime
    • Weather
    • Obituaries
    • Politics
    • Business
    • Education
    • Health
    • Midlothian Advertiser
    • Opinion
    • People
    • UK Trending
  • Sport
    • Hearts
    • Hibs
    • Livingston
    • FC Edinburgh
    • Bonnyrigg Rose
    • All Football
    • Local Football
    • Rugby
    • Other Sport
    • Sport Opinion
  • Homes & Gardens
  • Food and Drink
  • What's On
    • Edinburgh Festivals
    • Things To Do
    • Nightlife
    • Arts and Entertainment
  • Capital’s Best
    • Eating Out
    • Bars and Pubs
    • Outdoors
    • Shopping
  • Retro
  • Lifestyle
    • Cars
    • Staycation
    • Pets
  • Submit Your Story
  • e-Paper
  • Puzzles
  • Newsletters
  • Advertise
    • Advertise My Business
    • Place Announcement
    • Place A Public Notice
    • Advertise A Job
BREAKING

BMI

Sofia Alessia, 27, with her daughter Alya-Valentina, 4, after weight loss surgery.

Mum who nearly died from weight loss surgery warns it 'isn't worth' it

Wegovy is now available on the NHS

Weight-loss injection Wegovy now available on the NHS

Top five tips to reduce snoring – including reducing alcohol intake and sleeping...

Sign up for the newsletter

Keep up with the latest news and views from Edinburgh News

Sign Up
A person with suspected stroke may have sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes (Photo: Adobe)

Irregular evening meal times could increase stroke risk, study warns

Your waist size should be less than half your height to keep health problems at bay (Photo: Adobe)

NHS says keep waist size to less than half your height to be healthy

People risk developing type 2 diabetes if they can’t fit into the jeans they were wearing at the age of 21, one of the world’s leading experts on the disease has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

People who ‘can’t fit into jeans they wore aged 21’ risk developing type 2 diabe...

People considered obese are more likely to catch Covid, according to a study (Getty Images)

People with higher BMI 'more likely to test positive for Covid'

More than half of adults have no idea what affects their life insurance premiums

1.7m more people will be told to shield in England - and will get priority access for Covid vaccines (Photo: Shutterstock)

1.7m more people will be told to shield in England - and will get priority acces...

Vegans are more likely to break bones than meat eaters - according to a new stud...

This is how to find out your 'Covid-age' - and what it means

A report has suggested that men with beer bellies have a higher chance o dying if they are diagnosed with prostate cancer (Getty Images)

Men with beer bellies more likely to die from prostate cancer suggests study - h...

Obesity in the UK affects around one in every four adults

Being overweight could increase the risk of severe Covid-19 symptoms

Mother’s Day may be a little different this year, with the government urging people to implement social distancing and avoid bars and restaurants

Mother’s Day ideas 2020: what to do with your mum at home this Mothering Sunday ...

Would you want to work as cabin crew for Emirates? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Emirates is hiring Scottish cabin crew staff in Glasgow - but they have very spe...

Girls are starting puberty almost a year earlier than in the 1970s - here's why Lynn Rusk

Stan Weir before and after losing 12 stone. Picture: Stan Weir.

'Hopeless case' granddad loses 12 stone to continue his beloved tractor hobby

Sleeping in front of the TV could be making you fat - here’s why

Most of the factors that lead to obesity, can be identified before a child is even born (Photo: Shutterstock)

These tests will show whether your child will be fat by the age of 10

How commuting every day negatively affects your health and wellbeing

Watching too much TV could lead to higher risk of heart disease and cancer

Boys 'less fit than they were 20 years ago - regardless of their weight'

'Too much telly at age two makes for unhealthy teenagers'

Eating more slowly 'may be the best way to lose weight'

Body fat 'triggers breast cancer in normal weight women'

Generic image. child obesity

Charity urge more weigh-ins for school pupils to tackle obesity

The diet food advert has been slammed. Picture: Contributed

Diet food company's advert slammed for equating weight loss with happiness

A television advert for a Scottish diet food delivery service has been banned for presenting a 'socially irresponsible' approach to women's body image.

By The Newsroom

Before - Louise and Mark Hannigan. Picture: contributed

East Lothian couple lose 15st between them in remarkable weight loss

Edinburgh Airport passenger numbers are on the rise. Picture: Kenny Smith

Edinburgh Airport sees passenger numbers grow

Flybe to offer East Midlands

MP urges airline to retain jobs

Drop in airport passengers amid issues with carriers

Edinburgh airport reports fall in passenger numbers

Call for end to Heathrow monopoly

Keir raises fears over BA takeover of city air routes

BMI’s new bosses urged to maintain Capital’s air links

BMI takeover looks a bad deal for city, warns Darling