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Should obesity be recognised as a disease?
20 July, 2019 (Full version, does not a subscription or login)
Categorising obesity as a disease will encourage people to seek treatment say John P H Wildingand Vicki Mooney,but Richard Pile thinks medicalisation would be disempowering and reduce motivation.
Obesity: Disease or just plain greed?
12 August, 2019
The number of obese Britons has doubled in 25 years but experts are torn over how to battle the bulge – here, two leading doctors weigh in with very different views.
Health: Dangerous overdose of food?
15 October, 2021
My article on the issue of obesity and what role the church might have in addressing it. This provoked much debate on social media, due the the sensitivity of the issue, primarily around the images used by the Church Times rather than the content itself.
St Albans GP publishes guide to living
14 April, 2021
An article in the Herts Advertiser about the publication of my book, Fit For Purpose.
How healthy is your church leader – and your church?
14 April, 2021
How far do your church leaders model good health and wellbeing in the way the church is run and the example they set for the congregation? And how often do they teach about living well? These challenges are posed by experienced general practitioner and Christian, Dr Richard Pile, in a newly-published book.
Insights from Dr. Richard Pile
The Weekly Wellbeing Round-Up #5: My real life wellbeing week
As someone who spends a lot of time talking to people about their own wellbeing, and summarising wellbeing related news for this blog, I thought that this week I would...
The Weekly Wellbeing Round-Up #4
Hello and welcome back to the weekly wellbeing round up. After my report from my "wellbeing clinic" last week, normal service is resumed. The main focus of the round...
The Weekly Wellbeing Round-Up #3: My Weekend Wellbeing Clinic
How was your weekend? Maybe like me on sunday afternoon you found yourself in a glorious alternative reality, as the match commentator stated that it was 5-0 to...