The proportion of overweight and obese people in Hong Kong increased by more than five per cent over the last seven years, making up nearly half the population, a study has found, as doctors warned against using injectable weight-loss drugs bought online or from parallel importers without a doctor’s prescription. The Hong Kong Association for…
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Managing your body weight and BMI could be the key to keeping your type two diabetes risk down, according to a new study Your BMI measurements could be a better predictor of diabetes risk than your lifestyle(Image: GETTY) Type two diabetes is increasingly prevalent worldwide, with insulin resistance often linked to lifestyle factors. However, new…