Total Diet Replacement proven to be effective in insulin-treated type 2 diabetes TDMR Europe welcomes the publication of a clinical trial that confirms that total diet replacement (TDR) can be used safely and effectively in people with more advanced insulin-treated diabetes as well as those with early diabetes who can be put into remission by […]
TDMR Europe welcomes the opportunity to support this year’s theme ‘Family and Diabetes’ on World Diabetes Day. People world-wide are encouraged to test their diabetes knowledge with an on-line tool for self-assessment of diabetes risk noting that over 50% of diabetes is preventable. If left untreated diabetes can lead to complications including heart attack and […]
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 […]
“Redefining Obesity and Diabetes: Radical new treatments, clear thought and common sense” Professor Mike Lean, Professor of Human Nutrition at the University of Glasgow, Fellow of Downing College Cambridge and co-principal investigator of the DiabetesUK funded DiRECT diabetes remission trial will give the fourth Howard Lecture at Downing College on Tuesday 6th May at 6pm. […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dr George Thom, a Registered Dietitian who works as a Research Associate within the Human Nutrition team at the University of Glasgow presented some of the key physiological and behavioural factors involved in weight loss maintenance during a recent TDMR Europe webinar. Dr Thom emphasised in his presentation that several recent large-scale trials have demonstrated […]
The Chairman of TDMR Europe, Professor Anthony Leeds, spoke at the Group’s successful online seminar entitled “Proven Facts versus Popular Myths about weight loss with Total Diet Replacement (TDR)”. This webinar addressed the myths and misinformation that surround the use of Total Diet Replacements and enabled stakeholders in both the public policy and healthcare sectors […]
TDMR Europe welcomes the World Health Organisation’s ‘World Health Day’ that commemorates the founding of WHO in 1948. This year the theme reflects the disparities in healthcare available to different groups across the globe, brought into sharp focus by the COVID19 crisis, and reflects a desire to make healthcare truly universal. Recognising that the burden […]
Last week, the NHS in England announced plans to facilitate access to total diet replacement programmes (TDRs) for thousands of obese and overweight people, as part of the Type II diabetes remission programme. The TDR programme is backed by plenty of scientific research, which demonstrates increasing evidence regarding the efficacy of TDR As a result, […]
Total Diet & Meal Replacements Europe (TDMR Europe)’s webinar, ‘Reducing future risk: Obesity co-morbidities and nutritional status’, attracted over 100 academics, policymakers and medical specialists from all over the world. The webinar, which had been awarded SCOPE World Obesity Federation accreditation, highlighted the use of total diet replacements to reduce future risk of diabetes and […]
Henning Bliddal, Parker Institute, Frederiksburg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark Introduction: Among several comorbidities to obesity, osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is increasingly important. Obesity and kneeOA are linked in several ways and form a vicious circle, each intensifying the other. As the populations grow older and heavier, both individuals and society are facing increasing challenges with […]
Prof Carel le Roux, Diabetes Complications Research Centre, University College Dublin, Ireland People with obesity are one of the high risk groups to develop severe illness from COVID-19. Several diseases have been associated with COVID-19 hospitalizations but consistently the severity of COVID-19 corelates with BMI. Obesity increases the risk of developing severe pneumonia in COVID-19 […]
The European Commission unveiled its much-awaited Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy, following several postponements due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The strategy is at the heart of the European Green Deal, and aims to make food systems fair, healthy and environmentally friendly. While public health remains a responsibility of member states, the commission has decided to […]
The argument for Total Diet Replacements In the United Kingdom, the number of people with type 2 diabetes has doubled to 3.8 million in the last 20 years. In just 5 years’ time more than 5 million people will be affected. Diabetes care costs account for about 10% of the total NHS budget and this […]
Five things you may not know about Total Diet Replacements With the prevalence of obesity rising across Europe, more and more people are seeking to quickly and effectively lose weight. A quick Google search provides hundreds of ways to achieve weight loss, including through the use of pills and other popular diets. These usually promise […]
The University of Oxford has published a paper into the cost-effectiveness of low calorie meal replacements for the treatment of obesity in the NHS, which concludes that replacing all regular meals with a low calorie diet of soups, shakes and bars, together with behavioural support, is cost-effective as a routine treatment for obesity. Welcoming the publication of […]
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 […]
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 […]