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Tag Archives: Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors
Dementia in Old Age: Risk Factors and Primary Prevention (PHE)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) has released a collection of documents to guide commissioners and researchers; the aim being to assist decision-making in the prioritisation of primary prevention measures for dementia risk reduction. Evidence is presented for the risk of … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Active Lifestyle, Ageing Population, Ageing Well, Ageing Well Programmes in Sheffield and Hampshire, Air Pollution, Air Pollution and Risk of Dementia, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Consumption, Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, Association Between Physical Activity and Cognitive Function and / or Dementia, Auditory Impairment, Awareness About Dementia Risk Reduction Among People in Midlife, Barriers and Facilitators in Lifestyle Change, Behavioural Risk Factors, Blood Pressure, Brain Training, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cholesterol Levels, Cholesterol Reduction, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk and Protective Factors), Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Cognitive Interventions, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Training, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Cumulative Benefit of Reducing Risk Factors, Dementia and Diabetes, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, Dementia in Older Age: Barriers to Primary Prevention and Risk Factors (PHE 2017), Dementia Prevention, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction Among People in Midlife: NHS Health Checks, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Diet and Dementia, Environmental and Lifestyle Factors, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Exercise, Health Matters: Midlife Approaches to Reduce Dementia Risk, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Hearing, Hearing Loss and Cognition, Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline, Hearing Loss and Cognitive Impairment, Hearing Loss and Dementia, Hearing Loss in Adulthood, Hearing Loss: Risk of Dementia, Hypertension, Impact of Hearing Loss, In-MINDD, Innovative Midlife Intervention for Dementia Deterrence (InMINDD), Life-Long Learning, Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Loneliness, Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Isolation, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Loneliness Harms Health, LSE's Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), Mental Activities in Mid-Life, Mental Distress, Mid-Life Health and Well-Being, Midlife Hypertension, Midlife Obesity, Modifiable Risk Factors, Newcastle West Clinical Commissioning Group Ageing Well Strategy, Obesity Risk, Obesity Risk Factor, One You Campaign (PHE), Overlapping Risk Factors, Participation in Social Activities, Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU): London School of Economics and Political Science, PHE: Public Health England, Physical Activity and Health Benefits, Physical Activity Before Dementia, Physical Exercise, Physical Exercise Programmes, Physical Inactivity, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, Preclinical Dementia and Associated Lifestyle Changes, Preclinical Phase of Dementia, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Primary Prevention Services for Dementia, Prolonged Sedentary Time, PSSRU at London School of Economics and Political Science, Public Health England (PHE), Raised Cholesterol, Regular Physical Activity, Renal Dysfunction, Return on Investment, Richmond Group of Charities, Risk Factors, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Alzheimer Disease, Sedentary Behaviour, Sedentary Lifestyles, Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Social Activities, Social Epidemiology, Social Isolation, Social Isolation and Loneliness, Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, Tobacco, Tobacco Consumption, Travis Perkins, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), Unhealthy Lifestyles, Vascular Risk Factors
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Examining the Influence of Dietary Components on Metabolic Health and Ageing (Molecules)
Summary A review article examines the potential relationships between nutritional intake and general health and the ageing process. Full Text Link Reference Rescigno, T. Micolucci, L. [and] Tecce, MF. [et al] (2017). Bioactive nutrients and nutrigenomics in age-related diseases. Molecules. … Continue reading →
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Quick Insights
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Tagged Age-Related Disease Research, Age-Related Diseases, Age-Related Pathologies, Ageing Theories, Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, Antioxidants, ARDs: Age-Related Disorders / Diseases, Atherosclerosis, Atherosclerosis (Hardening of the Arteries), Bioactive Nutrients, Cancer Risk Factors, Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Complementary and Alternative Therapies, Computational Pathology Unit: Università Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona), Computational Systems Biology: Systems Biology Markup Language (SBML), Cumulative Benefit of Reducing Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences: Università Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona), Department of Pharmacy: University of Salerno, Diet, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Factors, Dietary Interventions, Dietary Risk Factors, Dietary Supplements, DNA Repair and Genomic Instability, Eating and Nutritional Care, Endogenous and Exogenous Noxious Agents, Environmental Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Epigenetic Processes in Memory, Free Radicals, Genomics and Natural Products, Healthy Lifestyles, Human Longevity, Inflammaging, Inflammation, Italy, Laboratory of Experimental Pathology: Università Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona), Lifestyle Factors, Longevity, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mediterranean Diet, Metabolomics, Microbiota-Induced Epigenetics, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Molecular Pathological Epidemiology, Molecules (Journal), Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurological Disorders, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Nutrigenomics in Age-Related Diseases, Nutrition, Nutrition and Ageing, Nutrition Outcomes, Nutritional Genomics, Nutritional Influences on Epigenetics and Age-Related Disease, Nutritional Supplementation, Omics Technologies: Transcriptomics Proteomics and Metabolomics, Oxidation-Inflammation, Proinflammatory Factors, Proteomics, Theories of Ageing, Theories of Biological Ageing, Theories of Biological Ageing: Cellular Theory, Theories of Biological Ageing: Free Radical Theory, Theories of Biological Ageing: Genetic Theory, Theories of Biological Ageing: Immunological Theory, Theories of Biological Ageing: Network Theory, Theories of Biological Ageing: Neuroendocrine Theory, Transcriptomics, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), Università Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona), University of Salerno, Vascular Risk Factors, Wellbeing and Longevity
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Statistics on the Baby Boomer Generation’s Problem Drinking (BBC News / ONS)
Summary The latest Office for National Statistics lifestyle survey indicates that although alcohol consumption is declining in the UK generally, rates of drinking remain high among some age groups. Full Text Link Reference Triggle, N. (2017). Are Britons falling out of love … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Mental Health, National, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Drinking Habits in Great Britain - 2005 to 2016: Office for National Statistics, Ageing, Ageing Population, Ageing Society, Alcohol, Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol and Drug Consumption, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Misuse in Older People, Alcohol or Substance Misuse, Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, Baby Boomers, Baby-Boomer Generation, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Binge Drinking, Cancer Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Factors, Dietary Risk Factors, Dr Tony Rao: Co-Chairman of Older People's Substance Misuse Working Group at Royal College of Psychiatrists, Elderly Alcohol Abuse, Excess Alcohol Consumption, High Alcohol Consumption, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Moderate Alcohol Consumption, Modifiable Risk Factors, Office for National Statistics, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Older People's Substance Misuse Working Group: Royal College of Psychiatrists, Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN): Office for National Statistics, Problem Drinking, Risk Factors, Royal College of Psychiatrists' Older People's Substance Misuse Working Group, Substance Misuse, Substance Misuse in Older People
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More on the Association Between Poor Oral Hygiene and Dementia / Alzheimer’s Disease Risk (NHS Choices / Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)
Summary Poor dental hygiene and tooth loss appear to be associated with an increased risk of developing dementia, according to research from Japan. Full Text Link Reference ‘Tooth loss link to increased risk of dementia’. London: NHS Choices; Behind the … Continue reading →
Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
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Tagged Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, American Geriatrics Society, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behind the Headlines, Center for Cohort Studies: Kyushu University, Chronic Periodontitis, Critical Appraisals, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Dental Health Habits and Dementia, Dental Hygiene, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health: Kyushu University, Department of Medicine and Clinical Science: Kyushu University, Department of Neuropsychiatry: Kyushu University, Division of Oral Health Growth and Development: Kyushu University, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Faculty of Dental Science: Kyushu University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences: Kyushu University, Gum Disease, Gum Disease (Periodontitis), Hisayama Study, Inflammation, Inflammation and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Japan, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Kyushu University (Japan), Kyushu University in Japan, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Ministry for Education Culture Sports Science and Technology of Japan, Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare of Japan, Modifiable Risk Factors, Multiple Tooth Loss, Oral Hygiene, Periodontal Disease, Periodontal Disease Bacteria, Periodontal Status, Periodontitis, Risk Factors, Risk Reduction, Section of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry: Kyushu University, Systemic Inflammation, Tooth Loss, Vascular Dementia, Vascular Dementia: Prevention
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Systematic Review of Potential Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia (BBC News / Alzheimer Scotland / BMC Geriatrics)
Summary Experts at the Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre have compiled a list of the environmental factors which are thought likely to contribute to the risk of developing dementia. Full Text Link Reference List of dementia environmental risk factors drawn … Continue reading →
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Tagged Air Pollution, Air Pollution and Public Health, Air Pollution and Risk of Dementia, Airborne Particulate Matter, Aluminium, Aluminium (Occupational Exposure), Alzheimer Scotland, Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, Arsenic, BBC Health News, BBC Scotland News, BMC Geriatrics, Calcium, Carbon Monoxide (CO), Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences: University of Edinburgh, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology: University of Edinburgh, Centre for Dementia Prevention: University of Edinburgh, Climate, Cobalt, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Copper, Defoliants / Fumigants, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Diesel Motor Exhaust, Division of Psychiatry: University of Edinburgh, Electric and Magnetic Fields, Electromagnetic Fields, Environmental Risk Factors, Environmental Risk Factors For Dementia: Review, Environmental Tobacco Smoke, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Evidence for Risk Factors of Dementia, Excessive Noise, Exposure to Air Pollution and Cognitive Functioning, Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences: Northumbria University, Fluoride, Gasoline / Fuels / Oils, Glues / Adhesives, Inks / Dyes, Iron, Jim Pearson: Director of Policy and Research at Alzheimer Scotland, Lead, Lead (Occupational Exposure), Liquid Plastics / Rubbers, Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution, Manganese, Metals (Occupational Exposure), Mobile Phone Use, Modifiable Risk Factors, Molybdenum, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, NHS Scotland, Nickel, Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), Northumbria University, Overlapping Risk Factors, Ozone (O3), Paints / Stains / Varnishes, Particulate Matter, Particulate Matter (PM10 and 2.5), Pesticides / Fertilizers / Herbicides / Insecticides, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Public Health, Radiation, Scottish Dementia Clinical Research Network: NHS Scotland, Selenium, Silicon (and Silica), Socio-Environmental Risk Factors, Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, Solvents / Degreasers, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, University of Edinburgh, Uranium, Vibratory Tools, Vitamin D, Vitamin D Deficiency, Water pH, Zinc
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More on Prevention: the All Our Health Framework (PHE / RCN)
Summary The Public Health England (PHE) “All Our Health” framework is about promoting a greater sense of engagement on the part of healthcare professionals in order to encourage working with patients to improve health outcomes. This approach involves broad efforts … Continue reading →
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Tagged All Our Health, All Our Health (Public Health England), All Our Health: Healthcare Professionals Improving Health Outcomes and Reducing Health Inequalities, Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, Asset Based Community Development (ABCD), Asset Based Community Development Institute, Barriers to Engagement, Barriers to Integration, Barriers to Involvement, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), Challenges to Utilising Nursing in Public Health Services, Clinical Engagement, Community Hospice At Home, Community Hospital At Home, Contributions of Nursing to Public Health, Current Versus Desired Nursing Involvement in Public Health, Dementia Risk Factors, Dietary Risk Factors, Employee Engagement, Employee Engagement in the NHS, Environmental Risk Factors, Front Line Engagement, Going Upstream, Going Upstream: Nursing’s Contribution to Public Health, Health as a Social Movement (NHS England), Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Policy, Health Services, Healthcare Professionals Improving Health Outcomes and Reducing Health Inequalities (Public Health England's All Our Health), Healthy Places: Integrated Services for Local Populations, Helen Donovan: Professional Lead for Public Health Nursing at Royal College of Nursing, Holistic Care, Improving Outcomes, Integrated Services for Local Populations, Involvement and Participation, Involvement Enablers, Jane Cummings: Chief Nursing Officer for England, Leading Change Adding Value Framework, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Local Action on Health Inequalities, Local Populations, Local Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Making Every Contact Count, Making Every Contact Count (MECC), Making Every Contact Count Programme (MECC), Managing Processes for Quality and Better Outcomes, Modifiable Risk Factors, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS England’s Leading Change Adding Value Framework, NHS England’s Right Care Programme, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Right Care Approach, No Decision About Me Without Me, Northwestern University's Center for Civic Engagement, Nurses 4 Public Health: Promote Prevent and Protect, Nurses 4 Public Health: Value and Contribution of Nursing to UK Public Health, Nurses and Midwives: Coordination to Ensure a Comprehensive Continuum of Services, Nurses and Midwives: Empowering People and Engaging Patients, Nurses and Midwives: Influencing Upstream and Downstream Public Health Services, Nurses and Midwives: Innovation in Rethinking Service Delivery, Nurses And Midwives: Managing For Quality And Better Outcomes, Nurses and Midwives: Reducing Barriers / Boundaries Across Care Settings, Nurses For Public Health: Promote Prevent and Protect, Nursing, Nursing Involvement, Overlapping Risk Factors, PESTEL: Political Economic Socio-Cultural Technological Legal and Environmental Influences, PHE: Public Health England, Political Economic Socio-Cultural Technological Legal and Environmental (PESTEL): Influences on Public Health Nursing, Professor Nigel Davies: Healthcare Leadership and Workforce Development at University of Bedfordshire, Promoting the Value of Public Health Nursing, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health England's All Our Health Framework, Public Health Nursing Activities, Public Health Nursing Skills, Reducing Health Inequalities, Risk Factors, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Socio-Environmental Risk Factors, Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), Tackling Inequalities, Unwarranted Variations, Value and Contribution of Nursing to Public Health in the UK, Vascular Risk Factors
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Significant Changes at the World Dementia Council? (WDC)
Summary There has been reform within the World Dementia Council (WDC). The changes are intended to make this body “more representative” in global terms (if such were possible) and fully independent. The Council now includes a wider range of international … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Alzheimer’s Research UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Department of Health, Diagnosis, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Smoking Linked to Brain Shrinkage? (NHS Choices / Molecular Psychiatry)
Summary Comparison of brain scans from more than 500 people, aged 73 and over, found that long-term smokers were more likely to have a thinner cerebral cortex. Full Text Link Reference Long-term smoking ‘may cause’ brain shrinkage. London: NHS Choices; … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Age UK-Funded Disconnected Mind Project, Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre: University of Edinburgh, Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council), Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Brain Research Imaging Centre: University of Edinburgh, Brain Scans, Brain Shrinkage, Canada, Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology: University of Edinburgh, Cigarette Smoking, Cortical Thinning: Biomarker of Cognitive Decline in Adults, Dementia Risk Factors, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery: McGill University, Department of Neurology: McLean Hospital, Department of Psychiatry: McGill University, Department of Psychology: University of Edinburgh, Department of Radiology: University of Edinburgh, Disconnected Mind Project, Douglas Mental Health University Institute: McGill University, Environmental Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Evidence for Risk Factors of Dementia, Harvard Medical School, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Lothian Birth Cohort 1936, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scan, Massachusetts General Hospital, McConnell Brain Imaging Center: McGill University, McGill University, McGill University in Montreal, Medical Research Council, Modifiable Risk Factors, Molecular Psychiatry (Journal), Montreal Neurological Institute: McGill University, MRI Scans, Research Ageing Program, Reversibility of Smoking–Thickness Association, Risk Factors, SFC: Scottish Funding Council, SINAPSE (Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform for Scientific Excellence), Smoking, Smoking and Brain Shrinkage, Smoking and Nicotine, Smoking-Related Brain Changes, Smoking–Cortical Thickness Association, Thickness of Cerebral Cortex, Thinning of Brain Cortex, Tobacco Smoking, University of Edinburgh, Vascular Risk Factors
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Draft Guidance on the Obesity Risk Factor (NICE Guideline Consultation / BBC News)
Summary The Centre for Public Health at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is developing a public health guideline on “Maintaining a healthy weight and preventing excess weight gain among children and adults”. It recommends children being … Continue reading →
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Tagged Active Ageing, Active Travel, Adiposity, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Misuse, Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, Awareness Campaigns, BBC Health News, Behaviour Change: Individual Approaches, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, BMI: Body Mass Index, Body Mass Index (BMI), Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Centre for Public Health (NICE), Childhood Obesity, Coronary Heart Disease, Dementia Policy, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Developmental and Early-Life Risk Factors, Dietary Choices, Dietary Factors, Disability Dementia and Frailty in Later Life: Mid-Life Interventions, Eating and Drinking, Eating Patterns, Education and Awareness, Energy Balance, Energy Expenditure, Excess Energy Intake, Exercise, Exercise Referral Schemes, Habits to Increase Energy Expenditure, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Policy, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Healthy Weight, Hypertension, Improving Dietary Habits, Integrated Prevention Approaches, Life Course Approach, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Intervention Programmes, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Maintaining Healthy Weight and Preventing Excess Weight Gain Among Children and Adults (Guideline Consultation), Mediterranean Diet, Midlife Obesity, Moderate Exercise, Modifiable Risk Factors, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS Choices: Healthy Eating, NICE Centre for Public Health, Obesity, Obesity Risk, Obesity Time-Bomb, Obesity: Working With Local Communities, Overlapping Risk Factors, PHE: Public Health England, Physical Activity, Physical Activity and the Environment, Physical Activity Programmes, Physical Exercise, Physical Exercise Programmes, Physical Inactivity, Preventing Excess Weight Gain, Preventing Type 2 Diabetes, Prevention, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Prevention Approaches, Prevention of Dementia, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Primary Preventative Strategies, Professor Mike Kelly: Director of the Centre for Public Health (NICE), Public Awareness, Public Health, Public Health Advisory Committee (PHAC), Public Health Agenda, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Interventions, Raising Awareness, Reducing Health Inequalities, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Risk Factors of Stroke, Secondary Preventative Strategies, Sedentary Behaviour, Self-Monitoring, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Staying Healthy for Longer, Sugar Reduction, Sugar-Sweetened Drinks, Takeaway Food, Takeaways, Total Fat Intake, Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, Vascular Risk Factors, Walking and Cycling, Walking and Cycling in Urban Settings
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Background Information on the Obesity Risk Factor (BBC News / NHS England / International Journal of Obesity / JAMA / British Journal of General Practice)
Summary Obesity is a significant public health issue for people of all age groups, and is recognised as an increasing problem for the NHS. Obesity is estimated to cost the NHS £9bn a year. Roughly one quarter of adults are obese; … Continue reading →
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