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The British Medical Journal

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.

The British Medical Journal

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.

The British Medical Journal

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.

The British Medical Journal

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.

The British Medical Journal

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