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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 #11
Good morning and welcome to the latest edition of my weekly wellbeing round up. Plenty to cover today, so let's get started... Smoking This BBC news article reminds us...
The Weekly Wellbeing Round-Up #10
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The Weekly Wellbeing Round-Up #9
Good morning from lovely, sunny Verona. We are having a family break and so in the interests of wellbeing, I am taking a (sort of) break from weekly Wellbeing Round Up....