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Tag Archives: Dietary Choices
More on the Obesity – Cancer / Burden of Ill-Health Link (BBC News / CRUK / UK Health Forum)
Summary It is predicted that three out of four adults will be overweight or obese by 2035. The following Cancer Research UK (CRUK) and UK Health Forum report suggests that obesity could be associated with 670,000 to 700,000 extra cases … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, BMI: Body Mass Index, Body Mass Index (BMI), British Psychological Society (BPS), Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Research UK, Cancer Research UK (CRUK), Cancer Risk Factors, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Bowel, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Breast (In Women After Menopause), Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Gallbladder, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Kidney, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Liver, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Meningioma (Brain Cancer), Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Multiple Myeloma (Blood Cancer), Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Oesophageal (Food Pipe), Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Ovarian, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Pancreatic, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Thyroid, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Upper Stomach, Cancer Types Linked to Obesity: Womb, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Childhood Obesity, Coronary Heart Disease, Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), CRUK: Cancer Research UK, Dietary Choices, Dietary Factors, Eating Patterns, Education and Awareness, Energy Balance, Energy Expenditure, Epidemiology, Excess Energy Intake, Exercise, Exercise Referral Schemes, Fat Shaming, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Healthy Weight, Hypertension, Improving Dietary Habits, Integrated Prevention Approaches, James Corden (Comedian), Lifestyle, Lifestyle Intervention Programmes, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Lifestyle Weight Management, Maintaining Healthy Weight and Preventing Excess Weight Gain Among Children and Adults, Moderate Exercise, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality Morbidity and Wellbeing: Cancers, Obesity, Obesity - Burden of Ill-Health Links, Obesity - Cancer Link, Obesity and Diabetes, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity in the UK, Obesity is the New Smoking, Obesity Risk Factor, Obesity Statistics, Obesity Time-Bomb, Overlapping Risk Factors, Physical Activity, Physical Activity and the Environment, Physical Activity Programmes, Physical Exercise, Physical Exercise Programmes, Physical Inactivity, Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes, Preventing Excess Weight Gain, Preventing Type 2 Diabetes, Prevention, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Prevention Approaches, Public Awareness, Public Health, Risk Factors, Risk Factors of Stroke, Social Determinants of Health, Social Epidemiology, Sugar Tax, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer's Disease, Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention, UK Health Forum, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, Weight Management, Wellbeing
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Mediterranean Diet Combats Obesity: Further Evidence of Wider Health Benefits (BBC News / PMJ)
Summary A review of the state of medical knowledge on obesity reduction indicates that a Mediterranean diet is more effective than low-fat diets for sustained weight loss. Such diets – which feature consumption of fruit, vegetables, nuts and olive oil … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Nutrition and Dementia Research Review (ADI)
Summary This Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) report examines the evidence for appropriate nutrition being able to help improve the quality of life for people with dementia. This document reviews the potential impact of dietary factors throughout life in increasing or … Continue reading
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Tagged 10/66 Dementia Research Group (ADI), ADI’s World Alzheimer Reports, Adipokines and Cytokines, Adiposity, Adiposity in Later Life, Advanced Dementia Nutrition, Advice and Support, Agnosia, Aldersgate Village: Mississippi, Alpha-Linolenic Acid (ALA), Antioxidants, Assistive Tableware, Aversive Feeding Behaviours, B vitamins (Folate B6 and B12), Balanced Diet, BMI: Body Mass Index, Body Mass Index (BMI), Burden of Dementia, Burden of Disease, Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cognitive Decline, Caregiver Training, Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP), Compass Group, Dementia: a Public Health Priority, Dental and Oral Health Interventions, Dental Health, Dental Status, Design Solutions, Diet, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Choices, Dietary Factors, Dietary Supplements, Dietetic Input, Dieticians, Dining Environment, Dining Rooms, Docosahexanoic Acid (DHA), Domestic Scale Seating and Dining Areas, Downscaling, Dysphagia, Dysphagia in Dementia, Eating in Advanced Dementia, Eating Well, Education and Training, Eicosapentanoic Acid (EPA), Elderly Malnutrition, Family Carers, Family-Style Eating, Feeding Assistance, Fellowship Senior Living: New Jersey, Fish-Oil Supplements, Flavonoids, Food Fortification, Fortification, Global Observatory for Ageing and Dementia Care, Global Observatory for Ageing and Dementia Care: King’s College London, Health Service and Population Research Department: King’s College London, Health Services and Population Research Department: King’s College London, Home Carers, Hydration and Nutrition, Improving Nutritional Care, Increasing Wellbeing, Inflammation, Information and Advice, Information and Support for Carers, Information for Carers, Information Needs of Carers, Kings College London, Macronutrient Supplementation, Malnutrition, Malnutrition in Later Life, Malnutrition in the Community, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), Mealtime Environments, Mealtime Experience, Mediterranean Diet, Micronutrient Supplementation, Micronutrients, Midlife Obesity, Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), Modifiable Risk Factors, Northeast Health (NEH): New York, Nutrition, Nutrition and Dementia, Nutrition and Hydration, Nutrition Support, Nutritional Assessments, Nutritional Biomarkers, Nutritional Care, Nutritional Screening, Nutritional Supplementation, Nutritional Supplements, Nutritional Support, Obesity, Obesity Time-Bomb, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Omega-3 PUFA Supplementation (Dietary), Oral Health, Oral Health and Cognitive Function, Oral Healthcare, Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS), Oropharyngeal Dysphagia, Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG), Periodontitis, Physical Anthropometry, Physical Wellbeing, Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA), PREDIMED-NAVARRA Trial, PUFA: Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Resistive Behaviours, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Royal College of Art, Serum Vitamin B12, Staff Training, Systematic Inflammation, Tooth Loss, Undernutrition, Undernutrition in Dementia, Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña: Dominican Republic, University of Geneva, University of Newcastle, Vascular Risk Factors, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin Pills, Vitamins, Washington Heights Inwood and Columbia Aging Project (WHICAP), Wellbeing, Workforce Training
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Apple-a-Day for the Over-50s: Comparative Proverb Assessment (BBC News / BMJ)
Summary There is evidence indicating that were everyone over the age of 50 to eat an apple a day then 8,500 deaths from heart attacks and strokes could be avoided every year in the UK. This would amount to as big … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Significant Role of Physical Activity in Reducing Risk of Dementia (BBC News / PLoS One)
Summary A study spanning 35 years by Cardiff University, following 2,235 men from Caerphilly, has found a strong beneficial impact of life-long exercise in reducing the risk of developing dementia. The research team estimates that unhealthy living has accounted for around 10% of the NHS … Continue reading
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