“While the total diet replacement is not a cure, it can put type 2 diabetes in remission, what happens after that is down to will power and lots of hard work in the gym to maintain the weight loss. In truth, it is a lifestyle change but one that for me has been worth it […]
“Formula diets, as currently designed, have proved extremely safe and effective in helping people to lose substantial amounts of weight, and gaining remission of type-2 diabetes. Almost nine out of 10 people with type-2 diabetes were still in remission, not diabetic and not needing medications, a year later if they lost 15kg.” Professor Mike Lean, […]
Total diet replacements (TDRs) – weight loss diets of soups, shakes, bars and porridges – can turn back the tsunami of osteoarthritis, diabetes and other obesity-related comorbidities that threaten to overwhelm healthcare services across Europe. This was made evident yesterday at a University College Dublin seminar, led by trade body Total Diet & Meal […]
TDMR Europe is delighted to announce that it will be delivering the free seminar ‘Healthcare cost reduction and improved quality of life with evidence-based weight loss in diabetes and osteoarthritis’, alongside The World Obesity Federation, taking place on 16th April, 11:00am -1:00pm, at the University College Dublin, Conway Institute of Bio-molecular and Biomedical Research, Dublin, […]
21 December 2018 Following the release of the DiRECT trial health economics paper this morning by Diabetes UK, Professor Anthony Leeds, Chairman of Total Diet and Meal Replacements Europe (TDMR Europe), the trade association representing the European total diet and meal replacements industry, welcomed the news: “This analysis of costs and savings confirms what we all suspected. Total […]
3 December 2018. NHS England has today informed the public about the decision to include total diet replacements (TDR) as part of the NHS action to tackle obesity and related diseases such as type 2 diabetes. According to Simon Stevens, NHS Chef Executive, the programme will be initially piloted in up to 5,000 people following […]
TDMR Europe at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 2018 Annual Meeting Last week (1-5th October), Berlin hosted one of the biggest international conferences related to the study of diabetes held by the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) which gathers annually 15,000 delegates from over 130 countries. At the […]
TDMR Europe welcomes World Obesity Day (WOD) 2025. Organised annually by the World Obesity Federation, WOD is a unified day of action that calls for a cohesive, cross-sector response to the obesity crisis. With the theme “Changing Systems, Healthier Lives”, this year’s WOD shines a spotlight on systems, such as healthcare and government policies, that […]
Last month, TDMR Europe published its Manifesto for the EU’s political term 2024 – 2029. The Manifesto called for a unified EU approach to combat obesity, emphasising the role of total diet and meal replacement products (TDRs and MPRs) as cost-effective, evidence-based solutions for weight loss and maintenance. Our initiative also emphasised that public health […]
TDMR Europe welcomes World Arthritis Day (WAD) 2024. Taking place annually on 12th October, WAD is a global awareness day aimed towards increasing knowledge of the existence and impact of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) among all relevant audiences. This year, WOD is focused on helping people living with RMDs make evidence-informed choices in partnership […]
Press release 10 October 2024 Sixty percent of Europeans living with overweight and obesity are being let down by the European Commission’s strategy to tackle the condition at a cost of €70 billion per year. According to a WHO analysis obesity and overweight affect almost 60% of adults across Europe and is the cause of […]
Obesity rates in England have grown exponentially over the past decades. Currently, 26.2% of women and 26.4% of men in England are estimated to have obesity, a significant increase compared to 1980, when 9% of women and 6% of men had obesity. This surge is linked to severe health issues, including cancer, type 2 diabetes, […]
In a webinar hosted by TDMR Europe on 22nd May, Professor Henning Bliddal, Director of the Parker Institute, a clinical research unit of rheumatology at Frederiksberg University Hospital, Copenhagen, demonstrated that total diet replacement (TDR) can help people with obesity and knee osteoarthritis lose weight and improve their health. Prof Bliddal presented the results of […]
The English National Health Service (NHS) has announced further expansion of its soups and shakes diet programme which uses total diet replacement (TDR) to help people with obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) lose weight and improve their health. Following the success of the NHS Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission Programme pilots, the soups […]
TDMR Europe welcomes World Obesity Day (WOD) 2024 taking place today, 4th March. This year’s campaign theme is ‘Let’s Talk About Obesity And…’ and is aimed at starting conversations between collaborators, and encouraging stakeholders to share knowledge and view obesity from a different perspective. Research from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that 59% of […]
A recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised against the use of ‘non-nutritive sweeteners’ (NNS) for weight loss. The report has caused a lot of confusion because its “conditional” advice is based upon no new evidence and the evidence it is based on is “low certainty”. Indeed, all of the best recent […]
The English National Health Service (NHS) has announced that it will further expand its “soups and shakes” diet programme, which provides weight loss with total diet replacement (TDR) for people with obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2DM), following positive results. Currently available in 21 areas of England, the programme will be expanded to provide access […]
Total Diet & Meal Replacement (TDMR) Europe welcomes World Obesity Day (WOD), which will return this year with the message “Changing Perspectives: Let’s Talk About Obesity”. Taking place tomorrow 4th March, 2023’s campaign aims to help correct misconceptions and acknowledge the complexities around obesity, and push for collective action. In this context, it is crucial […]
Ahead of the enforcement of the Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation 2017/1798 on Total Diet Replacement (TDR) on 29 November 2022, TDMR Europe released a statement to welcome the review of essential fatty acids (EFA) and magnesium requirements but raises awareness of the need to review the protein requirements next. TDMR Europe welcomes the review […]
Europe is witnessing a dramatic increase in obesity rates and policy makers are looking at how best to tackle this challenge and related health conditions. It is more important than ever for the slimming foods sector to raise awareness of the effectiveness of its products in weight loss and help decision makers gain a better […]
There is a downward global trend in sperm counts in men and, in 50% of couples seeking assisted reproduction there is male infertility. There are no drug therapies for poor sperm quality and few clinical trials that address the role of obesity and effect of weight loss. Emil Andersen working in Professor Signe Torekov’s group […]
As obesity rates in Europe continue to increase, decision makers are becoming aware of the need for a more harmonised nutrition policy and are looking at how to support Europeans to follow a healthy diet. In this context, the European Commission is planning to introduce a series of policy initiatives such as mandatory, harmonised front […]
On 12th April, Dr Elena Philippou, Associate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Nicosia, spoke at TDMR Europe’s webinar “Diabetes Remission: Maintenance after weight loss with total diet replacement”. The online seminar gathered health experts to show the role of TDRs in tackling obesity, discuss challenges and potential solutions regarding weight maintenance […]
On 12th April at TDMR Europe’s online seminar “Diabetes Remission: Maintenance after weight loss with total diet replacement (TDR)”, health experts demonstrated that weight maintenance is possible after rapid weight loss with TDR and showed its crucial role in delivering diabetes remission type 2 diabetes. Professor Gary Frost (Chair in Nutrition and Dietetics – Imperial […]
Sleep duration and sleep quality were significantly improved by 8 weeks Total Diet Replacement (TDR) 810kcal/d diet in 195 adults with obesity as reported at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO May 2022) by Prof Signe Torekov’s group from the University of Copenhagen. The presentation (Bogh A et al 2022) reported preliminary data from accelerometry […]
TDMR Europe welcomes World Obesity Day (WOD) which returns this year with the theme “Everybody Needs to Act”. Taking place annually on 4th March, WOD is a unified day of action that calls for a cohesive, cross-sector response to the obesity crisis. Today a variety of organisations and decision-makers across Europe used the occasion of […]
Professor Anthony Leeds, senior fellow at the Parker Institute, Copenhagen, and chair of TDMR Europe reviewed the characteristics and mechanism of action of total diet replacement in TDMR Europe’s webinar “Total Diet Replacement: exploring sustainable weight loss and health benefits, including diabetes remission and prevention” held on 27th October 2021. He noted that Total Diet […]
Dr Nerys Astbury, Senior Research Fellow at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Sciences, University of Oxford reviewed the results of the DROPLET trial and three-year follow up in TDMR Europe’s webinar “Total Diet Replacement: exploring sustainable weight loss and health benefits, including diabetes remission and prevention” held on 27th October 2021. Dr Astbury showed […]
It has been over a year and half since the COVID-19 outbreak began, and a major lesson learned from the pandemic is the need to make obesity a public health priority. While elderly people and those with immune disorders were quickly recognised as the main groups at increased risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes, several studies […]
TDMR Europe has released a video with highlights from its online seminar “Proven facts versus popular myth about weight loss with Total Diet Replacement” that took place on 14th April 2021. In this webinar Professor Anthony Leeds (TDMR Europe Chair), Dr George Thom (University of Glasgow), Dr Kelly Johnston (King’s College London) and Mark Gilbert […]