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Tag Archives: Developmental and Early-Life Risk Factors
Draft Guidance on the Obesity Risk Factor (NICE Guideline Consultation / BBC News)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 →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, NICE Guidelines, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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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 →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NHS England, NICE Guidelines, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Abdominal Obesity, Active Travel, Adiposity, Alcohol: Calorie Content Labels, Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, Bariatric Surgery, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, BMI: Body Mass Index, Body Mass Index (BMI), Brain Injury, British Journal of General Practice, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), CDC’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Data, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Centre for Public Health (NICE), Child Growth Foundation, Childhood Obesity, Christensenellaceae, Councillor Peter Morton: Haringey Council's Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, Dementia Risk Factors, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism: Plymouth University Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (University College London), Department of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences: King's College London, Department of Social Policy: London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Surgery: St George's Hospital, Department of Surgery: Whittington Hospital, Developmental and Early-Life Risk Factors, Diabetes UK, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Gastric Band, Gastric Bypass, Group-Based Trajectory Modelling (GBTM), Haringey Obesity Alliance, Health Behaviour Research Centre: University College London, Health Survey for England, IHR: University of Exeter Medical School, Institute of Child Health (UCL), International Journal of Obesity, JAMA, Kings College London, Lack of Awareness of Excess Weight Among Overweight or Obese Adolescents, Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, Life Course Approach, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Intervention Programmes, Lifestyle Risk Factors, London Borough of Haringey, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Mean Waist Circumference, Modifiable Risk Factors, National Bariatric Surgery Registry, National Center for Health Statistics: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), National Conversation: Obesity the New Smoking, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NICE Centre for Public Health, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Obesity, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity is the New Smoking, Obesity Surgery, Obesity Time-Bomb, Parental BMI During Early Childhood, Plymouth University Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry, Prevalence of Childhood and Adult Obesity in the United States, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Professor Mike Kelly: Director of the Centre for Public Health (NICE), Public Awareness, Public Health, Public Health Agenda, Raising Awareness, Reducing Health Inequalities, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Risk Factors of Stroke, Royal Society for Public Health, Severe Obesity, Shirley Cramer: Chief Executive of Royal Society for Public Health, Simon Stevens: Chief Executive of NHS England (2014-), Social Economic and Environmental Determinants (SEEDS), Super-Obese Patients, Super-Obesity, UCL Institute of Child Health, UK Children (EarlyBird Cohort), United States, United States Public Health Service, University College London, University of Exeter Medical School, US Adults, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Vascular Risk Factors, Weight Loss Surgery, Weight Perceptions in English Adolescents, Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
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Reducing Dementia Risk Factors: World Alzheimer Report 2014 (ADI / Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / World Dementia Council)
Summary Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) has published the World Alzheimer Report 2014, entitled “Dementia and Risk Reduction: An analysis of protective and modifiable factors” which examines the evidence on modifiable risk factors for dementia. It shows that dementia risks can … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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