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A Growing Awareness of Lifestyle Risk Factors and Preventative Healthcare (BBC News / NHS Digital / Health Foundation)
Summary Awareness of lifestyle risk factors and evidence-based preventative lifestyle interventions may soon have a greater influence in medical education. “The health landscape of the UK has dramatically changed over the last 30 or 40 years and I think the … 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), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, In the News, Integrated Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Scotland, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Diet, Adult Obesity: Prevalence, Airedale, Alcohol-Style Guidelines for Sleep and Rest, Anti-Obesogenic Environments, Basic Cookery Skills (Healthy Eating), Bazian, BBC Health News, BBC One: The Truth About Obesity, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4’s Food Programme, BBC Scotland News, BBC’s BMI Calculator, BDA: British Dental Association, Behavioural Insights Team, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behind the Headlines, Betting Shops, Body Clock, Bookmakers, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Britain's Fat Fight (BBC One), British Dental Association: BDA, British Journal of Cancer, Cancer Attributable to Modifiable Risk Factors, Cancer Research UK, Cancer Risk Factors, Cancer Risk From Red and Processed Meats, Castleford Tigers, Centre for Cancer Prevention: Queen Mary University of London, Centre for Public Health: Queen's University Belfast, Childhood Diet, Childhood Obesity, Childhood Obesity Strategy, Childhood Obesity: Prevalence by Level of Deprivation, Councillor Jacquie Speight: Wakefield Council, Department of Primary Care and Public Health: Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Deprivation, Determinants of Health, Diabetes Epidemic, Diabetes Prevention, Diabetes Prevention Services, Diet, Diet and Exercise, Diet-Related Ill Health, Diet: Free Sugars and Saturated Fats Consumption, Diet: Oily Fish and Red / Processed Meat Consumption, Dietary Behaviour, Dietary Factors, Dietary Interventions, Dietary Risk Factors, Dieticians, Eastmoor, Eastmoor Community Garden (Wakefield), Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Faculty of Dental Surgery, Fast Food Outlets, Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Fitzwilliam, Food Programme (BBC Radio 4), Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, Greenhill Primary School (Wakefield), Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Eating, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Lives Strategy (Health Foundation), Healthy Sleeping, Hippocampal-Dependent Appetitive Control (Impaired by Western-Style Diets), Improving Local Public Health, Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr), Integrated Prevention Approaches, Journal of Public Health, Kent County Council, Kinsley, Kinsley and Fitzwilliam Community Centre, Local Authority Commissioned Public Health Preventative Interventions (UK), Medical Education and Training, Mood Disorders and Disruptions to Body Clock, National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service: Public Health England, National Childhood Obesity Strategy, National Guidance on Daily Recommended Hours of Sleep for Different Age Groups, NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre), NHS National Services Scotland: Information Services Division, Nordic Walking, Northern Ireland Cancer Registry: Queens University Belfast, NutriNet-Santé, Nutrition and Exercise, Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders, Obesity, Obesity - Burden of Ill-Health Links, Obesity and Diabetes, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity in the UK, Obesity is the New Smoking, Obesity Risk Factor, Obesity-Related Hospital Admissions, Payday Lenders, Physical Activity, Policy and Information Directorate: Cancer Research UK, Poor Diets, Prescription Items for Treatment of Obesity, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Approaches, Problem Gambling, Processed Foods, Professor Jonathan Valabhji: National Clinical Director for Diabetes and Obesity at NHS England, Professor Louis Levy: Head of Nutrition Science at Public Health England, Professor Russell Viner: President of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, Protected Sleep Time for NHS Hospital Patients, Public Health Department: Kent County Council, Public Health England, Public Health Preventative Interventions, Public Health Wales, Queen Mary University of London, Queen's University Belfast, Reducing Expenditure, Reducing Health Inequalities, Richter Scale of Health (RSPH), Risk Factors, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), Scottish Health Survey, Scottish Health Survey (2018), Sleep Hygiene, Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Social Epidemiology, Soft Drinks Industry Levy, Soft Drinks Industry Levy (aka the Sugar Tax), Solariums, Statistics on Obesity Physical Activity and Diet (England), Subsidies Taxes and Prices, Sugar Tax, Sugar-Free Schools, Tax on Unhealthy Food (Proposed), The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), Three Area Project (TAP), Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes in Children, UK's Unhealthiest High Streets, UK's Unhealthiest High Streets: Blackpool, UK's Unhealthiest High Streets: Grimsby, UK's Unhealthiest High Streets: Walsall, Ultra-Processed Foods, Ultra-Processed Foods and Premature Mortality: SUN Study, Ultra-Processed Foods: Potential Cancer Risk, Under-Reporting and Apparent Fall in Calorie Intake, Unhealthy High Streets, Wakefield, Wakefield Council, Wakefield TAP (Three Area) Project, Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine: Queen Mary University of London
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More on the Avoidable Costs of Lifestyle Risk Factors (BBC News / PHE / Lancet)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) has estimated that health problems associated with unhealthy lifestyle practices – such as poor diet, obesity, physical inactivity, drinking and smoking – cost the NHS in England approximately £11 billion per year. A new approach … 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, Local Interest, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged 2016 Local Health Profiles, Access to Green Spaces, Access to Rural Green Spaces, Access to Urban Green Spaces, Adult Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes, Ageing and Society, Ageing Population, Allotment and Gardening Projects, Anti-Obesogenic Environments, Basic Cookery Skills (Healthy Eating), BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Chris Askew: Chief Executive of Diabetes UK, Chronic Bronchitis, Commissioning for Maximum Value, Commissioning for Outcomes, Commissioning for Value, Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia Friendly Outdoor and Public Environments, Dementia Garden (Fleetwood), Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Deprived Communities, Determinants of Health, Diabetes Epidemic, Diabetes Prevention, Diabetes Prevention Services, Dr Mark Spencer: Mount View Practice (Healthier Fleetwood Project), Dr Rebecca Wagstaff: PHE, Exercise, Exercise Regimens, Fast Food, Fast Food Consumption, Fast Food Outlets, Fast-Food-Free Zones, Fast-Food-Free Zones (Around Schools), Financial Sustainability in the NHS, Fleetwood, Fleetwood Town Football Club, Garden Areas, Gardening, Gardens and Health, Green Spaces, Health and Housing, Health Benefits of Green Space, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Healthier Fleetwood (Case Study), Healthier Fleetwood Project, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Eating, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Healthy New Towns, Healthy New Towns Programme, Healthy Weight, Improving Access to Green Spaces, Improving Local Public Health, Integrated Prevention Approaches, Lancashire, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Intervention Programmes, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Lifestyle Weight Management, Local Action on Reducing Health Inequalities, Local Green Spaces, Local Health and Wellbeing, Local Health: Public Health England, Local Public Health, Local Public Health Services, Maintaining Healthy Weight and Preventing Excess Weight Gain Among Children and Adults, Manifesto for a Healthy and Health-Creating Society (Lancet), Obesity, Obesity - Burden of Ill-Health Links, Obesity and Diabetes, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity in the UK, Obesity is the New Smoking, Obesity Risk Factor, Obesogenic Environments, Office of National Statistics (ONS), Parks and Gardens, PHE: Public Health England, Physical Activity, Physical Activity and the Environment, Physical Activity Prescriptions, Physical Exercise, Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes, Preventing and Managing Demand, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Prevention Approaches, Professor Jonathan Valabhji: National Clinical Director for Obesity and Diabetes at NHS England, Protecting Resources and Promoting Value, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Redesigning Local Healthcare Systems, Reducing Demand (Treatment and Recovery), Reducing Downstream Spending (Prevention Public Health and Self-Care), Reducing Expenditure, Reducing Health Inequalities, Risk Factors, Smoking-Related Bronchitis, Social Determinants of Health (SDH), Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Social Epidemiology, Social Prescribing, Social Wellbeing, Societal Determinants of Health, Socio-Economic Deprivation, Tithebarn (Lancashire), Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention, Wasted Resources, Weight Management, Wellbeing, Willow Garden Project, Willow Garden Project (Fleetwood), Y-Active Project, York Health Economics Consortium
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NHS Involvement in Health Housing / Healthy New Towns (BBC News / NHS England / King’s Fund)
Summary Ten new housing developments in England will be designed with an eye to encouraging healthy and independent living, obesity reduction and dementia friendly signage. Full Text Link Reference NHS to help create ‘healthy new towns’. London: BBC Health News, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Access to Affordable Housing, Access to Green Space, Access to Green Spaces, Access to Rural Green Spaces, Access to Urban Green Spaces, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Anti-Obesogenic Environments, Barking Riverside, Barton Park: Oxford, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Bicester: Oxfordshire, Building Research Establishment, Cambridgeshire, Community Empowerment, Cranbrook: Devon, Darlington, Dementia and Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Friendly Indoor Environments, Dementia Friendly Outdoor and Public Environments, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Community Model, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Family Parks, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Rural Parishes, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Villages, Design Council, Designing-In Health and Wellbeing, Devon, Ebbsfleet Garden City: Kent, Ebbsfleet Obesity Strategy, Elmsbrook Project (Oxfordshire), Exercise, Fast Food, Fast Food Consumption, Fast Food Outlets, Fast-Food-Free Zones, Fast-Food-Free Zones (Around Schools), Green Spaces, Halton Lea: Runcorn, Hampshire, Health and Housing, Health Benefits of Green Space, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Healthy Neighbourhoods, Healthy New Towns, Healthy New Towns Programme, Healthy Placemaking, Healthy Weight, Hogmoor Inclosure. Dementia-Friendly Family Park, Housing and Care for Older People, Housing and Dementia, Housing for Older People, Housing in Later Life, Improving Access to Green Spaces, Independence, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Integrated Prevention Approaches, Kent, Lancashire, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Intervention Programmes, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Lifestyle Weight Management, Local Empowerment, Local Green Spaces, Local Healthy Development Principles, London, Maintaining Healthy Weight and Preventing Excess Weight Gain Among Children and Adults, NHS England’s Healthy New Towns Programme, North West, Northstowe: Cambridgeshire, Obesity, Obesity - Burden of Ill-Health Links, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity in the UK, Obesity is the New Smoking, Obesity Risk Factor, Obesogenic Environments, Oxford, Oxfordshire, PA Consulting, PA Consulting Group, PHE: Public Health England, Physical Activity, Physical Activity and the Environment, Physical Exercise, Preventing and Managing Demand, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Prevention Approaches, Professor Kevin Fenton: National Director of Health and Wellbeing at Public Health England, Public Awareness, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Putting Health Into Place: Interim Report on Healthy New Towns Programme (2018), Reducing Demand (Treatment and Recovery), Reducing Downstream Spending (Prevention Public Health and Self-Care), Risk Factors, Runcorn, Signage, Simon Stevens: Chief Executive of NHS England, Social Epidemiology, Social Prescribing, Social Wellbeing, South West, Staying Healthy for Longer, Support for People with Complex Needs, Supporting People to Manage Their Health, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Care Services, Sustainable Health and Social Care, TCPA, Virtual Access to GP Services, Virtual Care Home (Darlington), Weight Management, Wellbeing, Whitehill and Bordon: Hampshire, Whyndyke Farm in Fylde: Lancashire, Young Foundation
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Physical Exercise Versus Diet: Clarification of Public Health Messages (Myths?) on Obesity (BBC News / British Journal of Sports Medicine)
Summary An editorial written by experts in the British Journal of Sports Medicine asserts that although physical activity almost certainly does have a role to play in the prevention of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and dementia, it has … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges: Academy Health Inequalities Forum, Adiposity, Amenable Mortality, Austin Bradford Hill: Bradford Hill Criteria for Causal Relationships, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Bradford Hill Criteria for Causation, British Journal of Sports Medicine, Centres of Disease Control Health Impact Pyramid, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction, Department of Cardiology: Frimley Park Hospital, Department of Human Biology: University of Cape Town, Dietary Choices, Dietary Factors, Dietetics, Eating and Drinking, Eating Patterns, Eating Well, Eatwell Plate, Education and Awareness, Energy Balance, Energy Expenditure, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Excess Energy Intake, Exercise, Exercise Referral Schemes, Fast Food, Fast Food Consumption, Fast Food Outlets, Food Hygiene, Frimley Park Hospital, 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, Junk Food, Junk Food Industry, Life Course Approach, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Intervention Programmes, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Low-Carbohydrate Diets for Athletes, Mixed Messages, Modifiable Risk Factors, Myth-Busting, Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health, Obesity, Obesity and Diabetes, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity in the UK, Obesity Risk, Obesity Risk Factor, Obesity Statistics, Obesity Time-Bomb, Overlapping Risk Factors, Physical Activity, Physical Activity and Health Benefits: Improvement in Health for Chronic Conditions and Scale of Improvement, Physical Activity and Health Benefits: Improvement in Health for Chronic Conditions and Scale of Improvement - Cancer, Physical Activity and Health Benefits: Improvement in Health for Chronic Conditions and Scale of Improvement - Cholesterol, Physical Activity and Health Benefits: Improvement in Health for Chronic Conditions and Scale of Improvement - Chronic Pain, Physical Activity and Health Benefits: Improvement in Health for Chronic Conditions and Scale of Improvement - COPD, Physical Activity and Health Benefits: Improvement in Health for Chronic Conditions and Scale of Improvement - Dementia, Physical Activity and Health Benefits: Improvement in Health for Chronic Conditions and Scale of Improvement - Depression, Physical Activity and Health Benefits: Improvement in Health for Chronic Conditions and Scale of Improvement - Diabetes, Physical Activity and Health Benefits: Improvement in Health for Chronic Conditions and Scale of Improvement - Fibromyalgia and Fatigue, Physical Activity and Health Benefits: Improvement in Health for Chronic Conditions and Scale of Improvement - Heart Disease and / or Heart Failure and / or Angina, Physical Activity and Health Benefits: Improvement in Health for Chronic Conditions and Scale of Improvement - Hypertension, Physical Activity and Health Benefits: Improvement in Health for Chronic Conditions and Scale of Improvement - Joints / Low Back Pain / Osteoporosis, Physical Activity and Health Benefits: Improvement in Health for Chronic Conditions and Scale of Improvement - Obesity, Physical Activity and Health Benefits: Improvement in Health for Chronic Conditions and Scale of Improvement - Osteoarthritis, Physical Activity and Health Benefits: Improvement in Health for Chronic Conditions and Scale of Improvement - Peripheral Vascular Disease, Physical Activity and the Environment, Physical Activity Programmes, Physical Exercise, Physical Exercise Programmes, Physical Exercise Versus Diet, Physical Inactivity, Preventing Excess Weight Gain, Preventing Type 2 Diabetes, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Prevention Approaches, Prevention of Dementia, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Professor Dame Sue Bailey: Chair of Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Public Awareness, Public Health, Public Health Interventions, Raising Awareness, Reducing Health Inequalities, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Risk Factors of Stroke, School of Medicine (Emeritus): University of California Davis, Secondary Preventative Strategies, Sedentary Behaviour, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, South Africa, Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Staying Healthy for Longer, Sugar Reduction, Sugar-Sweetened Drinks, Takeaway Food, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, United States, University of California, University of California Davis, University of Cape Town, USA, You Cannot Outrun a Bad Diet (Myth of Physical Inactivity and Obesity)
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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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Improving Local Public Health and Reducing Health Inequalities (King’s Fund / Public Health England)
Summary The following King’s Fund report offers information – and supplies links to resources – about nine key areas for council leaders to consider when trying to decide which aspects of public health may need to be prioritised. The nine … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, In the News, Integrated Care, King's Fund, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged A Furber: Director of Public Health at Wakefield City Council, Abdul Razzaq: Director of Public Health at Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, Access to Green and Open Spaces, Active and Safe Travel, ADPH 6 Months On Survey, Adrian Phillips: Director of Public Health at Birmingham City Council, Air Pollution, Air Pollution and Public Health, Akeem Ali: Director of Public Health at Northamptonshire County Council, Alan Higgins: Director of Public Health at Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, Alice Walsh: Director of Public Health at Gloucestershire County Council, Aliko Ahmed: Director of Public Health at Staffordshire County Council, Alison Barnett: Director of Public Health at Medway Council, Amanda Healy: Director of Public Health at South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council, Andrea Atherton: Director of Public Health at Southend on Sea Borough Council, Andrea Atherton: Director of Public Health at Thurrock Council, Andrew Howe: Director of Public Health at Barnet London Borough Council, Andrew Howe: Director of Public Health at Harrow London Borough Council, Andrew Mortimore: Director of Public Health at Southampton City Council, Angela Hardman: Director of Public Health at Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, Anita Parkin: Director of Public Health at City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Anna Lynch: Director of Public Health at Durham County Council, Arif Rajpura: Director of Public Health at Blackpool Borough Council, Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH), BBC Health News, Becky Pollard: Director of Public Health at North Somerset Council, Benefits of Activity, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, BMJ, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Bruce Laurence: Director of Public Health at Bath and North East Somerset Council, Carole Wood: Director of Public Health at Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, Caroline Dimond: Director of Public Health at Torbay Council, Caryn Cox: Director of Public Health at Cheshire West and Chester Council, Cherry Jones: Director of Public Health at Swindon Borough Council, Chris Kenny: Director of Public Health at Nottingham City Council, Chris Kenny: Director of Public Health at Nottinghamshire County Council, Community Resources, Cynthia Lyons: Director of Public Health at East Sussex County Council, Dagmar Zeuner: Director of Public Health at Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council, Danny Ruta: Director of Public Health at Lewisham London Borough Council, David Herne: Director of Public Health at Salford City Council, David Phillips: Director of Public Health at Borough of Poole, David Phillips: Director of Public Health at Bournemouth Borough Council, David Phillips: Director of Public Health at Dorset County Council, David Regan: Director of Public Health at Manchester City Council, Dawn Scott: Director of Public Health at Newcastle upon Tyne City Council, Deb Watson: Director of Public Health at Leicester City Council, DECIPHer: Development and Evaluation of Complex 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Obesity Risk a Dementia Time Bomb? (BBC News / UK Health Forum / European Congress on Obesity / NHS Choices / WHO / BMJ)
Summary Previous research in 2011 has shown that being overweight in middle age increases the risk of developing dementia. Data presented today at the European Congress on Obesity suggests slowing the rise in obesity could help to cut the rising rates of dementia. … Continue reading →
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