https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Swedish researcher say surgery to help obese patients lose weight does not lower their risk of diabetes, unless they ask for help before the disease takes hold. https://www.thelocal.se/20130930/50524 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:30:00 +0200 50524 The CEO of Swedish clothing giant H&M, Karl-Johan Persson, has admitted that many models in the fashion industry are too thin, adding his company had a "huge responsibility" in its choice of models. https://www.thelocal.se/20130528/48184 Tue, 28 May 2013 13:35:00 +0200 48184 Celebrity blogger Katrin Zytomierska has been sacked from the Swedish lifestyle website Finest.se, after a vitriolic post about an advert by gym chain SATS made the public see red and advertisers abandon the site. https://www.thelocal.se/20121113/44396 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:36:00 +0100 44396 A 34-year-old woman who was described as an overweight chick "with lank hair and sweaty clothes" by a Swedish celebrity blogger after featuring in an advert for a gym, has responded that "she goes to the gym to train". https://www.thelocal.se/20121110/44346 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:06:00 +0100 44346 A study in Uppsala has concluded that overweight baby girls are more likely to become obese women, who in turn are more likely to have obese babies. https://www.thelocal.se/20120321/39806 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:08:00 +0100 39806 A new Swedish study shows that one in five 7-year-old girls want to lose weight but that it generally takes a year or two before they actively try to do something about it. https://www.thelocal.se/20110815/35548 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:41:00 +0200 35548 A local Swedish politician who suggested levying a tax linked to people's weight has apologised for the controversial proposal after it was reported to Sweden's Ombudsmen for Justice (Justitieombudsmännen - JO). https://www.thelocal.se/20110104/31238 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:48:00 +0100 31238 The floor of a Weight Watchers clinic in Växjö in south central Sweden collapsed on Wednesday night beneath a group of about 20 participants in the diet programme. https://www.thelocal.se/20100114/24374 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:22:00 +0100 24374 A 26-year-old new mother from Stockholm has been refused a new policy from an insurance company who told her she was still too fat for coverage. https://www.thelocal.se/20090514/19440 Thu, 14 May 2009 08:17:00 +0200 19440