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Unhealthy eating habits and sedentary lifestyle is taking toll on health of people in the UK. Recent study revealed that there was a 74% rise in new cases of diabetes from 1997 to 2003.

But majority of cases are type 2 diabetes linked to obesity. Moreover number of diabetics is increasing at faster pace in UK as compared to US. Researchers analyzed the data from almost five million medical records

Recent survey by a charity BEAT showed that people with eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are not getting proper treatment and care from GP.

Researchers reached findings after analyzing data collected from 1,500 people with eating disorders. Survey also indicated that majority people feel that their GP can't understand their problem and don't know how to help them. Only 15% of patients believed that their GP understood their disorders. Report highlighted various cases of eating disorders badly treated by GP.

London, Mar 25 : If you're one of those who live by the motto "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth", then chances are that your life will be full of miseries, a new study has found.

According to the study, published in the Economic Journal, people who apply a "tit-for-tat" attitude to life are more likely to be unemployed, have a smaller circle of friends and be less happy.

London, Mar 25 : The BBC has come under fire over the extensive news coverage of Jade Goody''s death.

The broadcaster was criticised over the coverage of the story as 69 official and many online complaints poured in.

Goody, 27, died of cervical cancer last Sunday.

London, Mar 25 : The Equalities and Human Rights Comission has named Baroness Sayeeda Warsi as the most powerful British Muslim woman of the country.

The launch of the EHRC Power List is part of a wider project to raise the profile of Muslim women working in the UK.

Paying tribute to the achievements of the successful women, Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said: "I would like to congratulate Sayeeda Warsi and the other women who have been shortlisted for our inaugural Muslim Women Power List."