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Tag Archives: Midlife Obesity
Protecting and Improving the Nation’s Health (PHE)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) has published a strategic document which defines seven priorities for the next five years. Health professionals, local and national government, the voluntary and community sector and the public are invited to apply the latest evidence concerning … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access to Childcare: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Access to Education: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Alcohol or Tobacco Withdrawal, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections (ARHAI), Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Science in the Digital Age, Binge Drinking and Overeating, Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Child Poverty: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Childhood Education: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Childhood Flu Programme, Childhood Obesity, Cigarette Smoking, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Early Intervention Foundation, Energy Efficiency: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Evidence Into Action (PHE), Excess Alcohol Consumption: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, From Evidence Into Action (PHE), Fuel Poverty: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Health and Wellbeing, Health Equity, Health Inequalities, Healthy Child Programme, Healthy Life Expectancy, Healthy Lifestyles, Heavy Smoking, Income Inequality and Health, Incomes and Poverty, Inequalities in Infant Mortality, Inequality in Healthy Life Expectancy, Irresponsible Drinking, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Living Longer: Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Living Well for Longer, Local Solutions: Place-Based Approaches, Measles Mumps and Rubella Immunisations, Midlife Obesity, Modifiable Risk Factors, NHS Five Year Forward View, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), NHS Preventative Services, Obesity, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity Time-Bomb, PHE: Public Health England, Preventable Mortality, Preventative Care, Preventative Services, Prevention of Tobacco Related Diseases, Problem Drinking, Protecting and Improving the Nation’s Health (PHE), Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Outcomes Framework, Retention of Older People (Employers), Risk Factors, Smoking, Smoking and Nicotine, Smoking Cessation, Smoking Increases Risk of Dementia, Smoking-Related Mortality, Social Deprivation, Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Social Economic and Environmental Determinant, Social Epidemiology, Social Inequality, Spend and Outcome Tool (SPOT), Start4Life and Information Service for Parents, Tobacco Consumption, Tobacco Smoking, Tobacco Smoking: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Tuberculosis (TB), UK Five Year Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy 2013 to 2018, Unhealthy Behaviours, University College London Institute of Health Equity, Unwarranted Variations, Vascular Risk Factors, Well North Programme, Wellbeing, Wellness and Resilience, What Works Centre for Early Intervention, What Works Centre for Wellbeing, Workplace Wellbeing Charter
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Reduction of Health Inequalities: Natural Solutions? (UCL IHE / JCN / BBC News)
Summary This UCL Institute of Health Equity report presents the evidence on the benefits of green spaces for improving health and wellbeing outcomes. Inequalities in access to natural environments in England are thought to contribute to health inequalities. The report … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Access Standards, Access to Green Space, Access to Green Spaces, Access to Green Spaces and Deprivation, Access to Greenspace, Access to Nature, Accessible Natural Greenspace Standard (ANGSt), Active England, Active Parks, Activities for Population Health, Avoidable Premature Mortality, Barriers to Engagement With the Natural Environment, BBC Health News, Beat the Street, Benefits of Activity, Birmingham City Council, Birmingham’s NHS-funded Be Active Programme, Bromley-by-Bow Healthy Living Centre in East London, Campaign for National Parks (CNP), Capital Woodlands, Cardiovascular Disease, Care Farming UK, Causes of Premature Mortality, Childhood Obesity, Conservation Volunteers’ Green Gyms Programme, Coventry Mind’s Ecotherapy Service, CVD: Cardiovascular Disease, Diakonhjemmet University College (Oslo), Disability Free Life Expectancy (DFLE), Ecominds: PoLLeN (People, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Evaluation of Access to Nature Education Projects, Exercise, Fields in Trust, Forest Schools, Garden Areas, Gardening, Gardens in Care Homes, Green Exercise Partnership, Green Exercise Partnership (GEP), Green Space and Health Inequalities, Greening Dementia, Greening Dementia Project, Greenspace and Obesity, Greenspace for Health and Exercise, Health and the Natural Environment, Health Equity, Health Equity and Impact, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Healthy and Active Ageing: Life-Course Approach (WHO), Horticultural Activities, Horticultural Therapy, Horticulture, Improving Access to Green Spaces, Institute of Health and Society: University of Oslo, Institute of Health Equity, Institute of Health Equity (UCL), Institute of Nursing and Health: Diakonhjemmet University College, Integration of Physical and Mental Health, Intelligent Health, IPEN (International Physical Activity and the Environment Network), Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Journal of Clinical Nursing, JSNAs: Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Landscape & Nature), Life, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Local Action on Health Inequalities, Local Action on Reducing Health Inequalities, Local Authorities, Local Authority Adult Obesity Variations (England), Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Mappiness App, Marmot Review, Mersey Forest Natural Health Service, Midlife Obesity, Mind’s Ecominds Scheme, Mosaic, Mosaic Young Champions Project, National Outdoors for All Working Group, Natural Connections Demonstration Project, Natural England, Natural England’s “Outdoors for All” Programme, Natural England’s Walking for Health Scheme, Natural Environment, Natural Solutions to Tackling Health Inequalities, Neighbourhood Greenness, Norway, Obesity, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity in the UK, Outdoor Activities, Outdoors for All Strategic Research Group, Parks and Gardens, Parks and Green Spaces, PHE: Public Health England, PHOF: Public Health Outcomes Framework, Physical Activity, Physical Activity and the Environment, Physical Environment, Physical Exercise, Premature Mortality, Proportionate Universalism, Public Engagement, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Interventions, Public Health Outcomes Framework, Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF), Reducing Avoidable Premature Mortality, Reducing Health Inequalities, Reducing Premature Mortality, Revaluing Parks and Green Spaces (Fields in Trust), Sensory Gardens, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Social Value Act 2012, Stepping Stones to Nature (SS2N) Project, TCV Green Gyms®, Therapeutic Horticulture, Travelling to School Initiative, UCL Institute of Health Equity, University College London Institute of Health Equity, University of Oslo, Updated Marmot Indicators (IHE), Urban Green Space and Trees, VisitWoods East Durham Outreach, Woodland Health for Youth (WHY), Woodland Trust’s Woodland Access Standard
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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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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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Tagged 10/66 Dementia Research Group, 10/66 Dementia Research Group (ADI), Active and Healthy Ageing, ADI’s World Alzheimer Reports, Adipokines and Cytokines, Adiposity, Advanced Glycosylation End Products (AGEs), Agreeableness, Alcohol, Alcohol and Drug Consumption, Alcohol Concern, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Misuse, Alzheimer’s Disease International’s 10/66 Dementia Research Group, AlzRisk AD Epidemiology Database, Antihypertensive Drugs, Antioxidants, Anxiety Disorders and Dementia, APOE e4 Polymorphism, Ascertainment Bias, Atherosclerosis (Hardening of the Arteries), B Vitamins, B vitamins (Folate B6 and B12), Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA), Biases in Epidemiological Studies of Dementia, Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Blackfriars Consensus [UK Health Forum website], Blackfriars Meeting Report (UK Health Forum), BMI: Body Mass Index, Body Mass Index (BMI), Brain Injury, Brain Pathology and Dementia Syndrome, Brain-Battering Hypothesis, Cardiovascular Risk, 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Risk Factors Aging and Dementia (CAIDE), Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability, Flavonoids, Folate, Framingham Heart Study, Global Observatory for Ageing and Dementia Care, Global Observatory for Ageing and Dementia Care: King’s College London, Glycaemic Control, Goteborg Longitudinal Population Study, Head Circumference, Health Service and Population Research Department: King’s College London, Healthy Lifestyles, High Density Lipoproteins (HDL), Hostility, Hypercholesterolaemia, Hyperhomocysteinaemia, Hyperinsulineamia, Hypertension, Improving Public Health, Incidence, Incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease, Increased Fat Intake, Information Bias, Insomnia, Institute of Education and Health Sciences at the Hospital Alemao Oswaldo Cruz, Integrated Approach to the Prevention of Dementia and Other Chronic Diseases, Kings College London, Leg Length, Life Course Approach, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Longitudinal Studies, Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL), Mediterranean Diet, Memory and Aging Project (MAP), Mental Health Service and Population Research Department: King's College London, Metabolic Syndrome, Midlife and Late-Life Hypertension, Midlife Hypertension, Midlife Obesity, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Minority Aging Research Study (MARS), Moderate Drinking, Modifiable Risk Factors, MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS), National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), Neuropathology, Neuroticism, Neuroticism Extraversion Openness Personality Inventory Revised (NEO-PI-R), Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD), Obesity, Obesity Risk, Obesity Time-Bomb, Observational Epidemiological Studies, Occupational Attainment, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Openness (Personality Trait)), Overlapping Risk Factors, Participation Bias, Personality Traits Used in Dementia Epidemiologic Studies, Physical Activity, Physical Activity Programmes, Prevalence, Prevalence of Dementia, Preventable Dementia (Public Health England), Preventative Care, Preventative Services, Prevention, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Prevention of Dementia, Prevention of Dementia: Public Health England, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Promoting Brain Health, Promoting Brain Health (Blackfriars Consensus Statement), Prospective Population Study of Women in Sweden, Psychological Distress: Personality and Life Events, Psychological Factors, Public Awareness, Public Health, Public Health Agenda, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Programmes, Public Health Promotion, Public Health Promotion Campaigns, Raising Awareness, Reducing Health Inequalities, Reverse Causality, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Risk Reduction: World Alzheimer Report 2014, Sedentary Behaviour, Sleep Disorders, Smoking, Statins, Summary of Evidence for Risk Factors of Dementia, Supporting Healthy Lifestyles, Survival Bias, Systemic Inflammation, Tobacco, Tobacco Consumption, Treatment of Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, University of Geneva, USA Health and Retirement Survey, Use It or Lose It Hypothesis, Use of Statins, Vascular Risk Factors, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamins, WDC: World Dementia Council, World Alzheimer Report 2014, World Dementia Council, World Dementia Envoy
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Disability, Dementia and Frailty in Later Life: Mid-Life Approaches to Prevention (NICE Guideline Consultation)
Summary The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is developing a public health guideline on disability, dementia and frailty in later life. It concentrates on mid-life approaches and public health interventions to prevent or delay the onset of these conditions … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS England, NICE Guidelines, Patient Care Pathway, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Active Ageing, Age and Ageing, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing Population, Alcohol and Drug Consumption, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Misuse, Awareness Campaigns, Behavioural Pathways to Health Inequalities, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Dementia Policy, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia: a Public Health Priority, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Factors, Disability Dementia and Frailty in Later Life: Mid-Life Interventions, Eating and Drinking, Education and Awareness, EPIC-Norfolk Study, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Policy, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Hypertension, Integrated Prevention Approaches, Lancet Neurology, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Local Authority Commissioners, Mediterranean Diet, Midlife Hypertension, Midlife Obesity, National Campaigns, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS Health Checks, NICE Guideline Consultation: Dementia Prevention, Obesity, Obesity Risk, Obesity Time-Bomb, Overlapping Risk Factors, PHE: Public Health England, Physical Activity, Physical Activity and the Environment, Physical Inactivity, Policy and Law, Prevalence of Dementia, 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, Psychosocial Protective and Risk Factors, Public Awareness, Public Health, Public Health Advisory Committee, Public Health Advisory Committee (PHAC), Public Health England (PHE), Public Health Interventions, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Secondary Preventative Strategies, Sedentary Behaviour, Sleep Disorders, Smoking, Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, Socio-Economic Patterning, Staying Healthy for Longer, Successful Ageing, Third Sector, Third Sector Organisations Responsibility for Public Health, Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, Unskilled Households, Whitehall Study
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A Third of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases Worldwide Potentially Preventable? (BBC News / Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / World Dementia Council / Lancet Neurology)
Summary Research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) indicates that one in three cases of Alzheimer’s disease worldwide are potentially preventable. This latest study, from the University of Cambridge, reflects and parallels a growing awareness and consensus … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer’s Research UK, BBC News, 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, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Statistics, Stroke, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Active and Healthy Ageing, Alzheimer’s Disease: Prevalence, Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness of Potential Risks, Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, Cambridge Institute of Public Health, Cambridge Institute of Public Health: Cambridge University, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia: a Public Health Priority, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Department of Public Health and Primary Care: University of Cambridg, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Factors, Eating and Drinking, Education and Awareness, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Policy, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Hypertension, Institute of Public Health: University of Cambridge, Integrated Prevention Approaches, Lancet Neurology, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Mediterranean Diet, Mental Health Inequalities, Midlife Hypertension, Midlife Obesity, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), NIHR: National Institute for Health Research, Obesity, Obesity Risk, Obesity Time-Bomb, Overlapping Risk Factors, Physical Activity, Physical Inactivity, Prevalence of Dementia, Preventable Dementia (Public Health England), Preventative Care, Preventative Services, Prevention, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Prevention of Dementia, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Primary Preventative Strategies, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Professor Carol Brayne: Department of Public Health and Primary Care at University of Cambridge, Promoting Brain Health, Promoting Brain Health (Blackfriars Consensus Statement), Public Awareness, Public Health, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Secondary Preventative Strategies, Sedentary Behaviour, Smoking, Staying Healthy for Longer, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, University of Cambridge, Vascular Risk Factors, World Dementia Council
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Blackfriars Consensus Statement on Dementia Risk Factors (Public Health England / UK Health Forum / Lancet)
Summary Coinciding with Dementia Awareness Week (2014) the “Blackfriars Consensus Statement” has been organised jointly by the UK Health Forum and Public Health England. This consensus statement calls for a national focus on dementia risk reduction, which involves raising awareness … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Research Trust, Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, National, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Action on Sugar, Active and Healthy Ageing, Ageing Policy in the UK, Agetrust, Alcohol and Drug Consumption, Alcohol Concern, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Health Alliance UK, Alcohol Misuse, Alcohol Misuse Services for Older People, Alcohol or Tobacco Withdrawal, Alcohol-Related Dementia, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease International, Alzheimer’s Disease: Prevalence, Association for the Study of Obesity, Association of Directors of Public Health, Awareness, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness of Potential Risks, Awareness Raising, B-Vitamin Supplementation, B-Vitamin Treatments, Birmingham Solihull and Black Country, Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Blackfriars Consensus [UK Health Forum website], Blackfriars Meeting Report (UK Health Forum), Blood Pressure UK, Brain Injury, British Heart Foundation, Cambridge Institute of Public Health: Cambridge University, Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), Consensus Action on Salt and Health, Dementia and Neurological Conditions, Dementia Awareness Week, Dementia Awareness Week 2014, Dementia Prevalence Projections: G8 Countries, Dementia Prevalence Projections: OECD Countries, Dementia Pugilistica, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia: a Public Health Priority, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Factors, Dr Charles Alessi: Lead Prevention of Dementia at Public Health England, Dr Charlie Foster: British Heart Foundation Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Dr Charlie Foster: WHO Collaborating Centre on Population Approaches to Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Dr Christopher Kipps: Clinical Director of Wessex Strategic Clinical Network (Mental Health, Dr Craig Ritchie: Centre for Mental Health at Imperial College London, Dr David J. Llewellyn: University of Exeter Medical School, Dr Fiona Adshead: UK Health Forum, Dr James Warner: Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry at Royal College of Psychiatrists, Dr Kiran Patel: Heart of England NHS Trust, Dr Kiran Patel: NHS England Area Team (Birmingham Solihull and Black Country), Dr Maria Duggan: Public Service Works, Dr Miia Kivipelto: Clinical Geriatric Epidemiology at Karolinska Institute, Dr Oliver Mytton: Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR) at University of Cambridge, Dr Ruth Peters: Imperial College London, Dr Shahed Ahmad: Director of Public Health at London Borough of Enfield, Eating and Drinking, Education and Awareness, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry, Greater London Authority, Head Injury, Health and Wellbeing Directorate: Public Health England, Health Equalities Group, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Health Policy, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Heart of England NHS Trust, ILC-UK: International Longevity Centre UK, Increasing Awareness of Dementia, Inequality in Healthy Life Expectancy, Institute of Psychiatry: King's College London, Integrated Prevention Approaches, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), John Wyn Owen: UK Health Forum, Jon Rouse (Director General: Social Care Local Government and Care Partnerships), Karolinska Institute, Kings College London, Lancet, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Mark Pietroni: Director of Public Health at South Gloucestershire Council, Mediterranean Diet, Mental Health Inequalities, Mental Health Provider Forum, Midlife Obesity, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Moderate Drinking, Modifiable Risk Factors, MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study, National Centre for Cardiovascular Prevention and Outcomes, National Clinical Director for Dementia, National Dementia Prevalence, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS, NHS England Area Team for Birmingham and Black Country, Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD), Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke, Obesity, Obesity Risk, Obesity Time-Bomb, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Paul Lincoln: UK Health Forum, Paul Sanderson: West Midlands Centre at Public Health England, Paul Springer: Agetrust, PHE: Public Health England, Physical Activity, Physical Activity Programmes, Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA), Prevalence of Dementia, Preventable Dementia (Public Health England), Preventative Care, Preventative Services, Prevention, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Prevention of Dementia, Prevention of Dementia: Public Health England, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Preventive Services, Primary Preventative Strategies, Professor Alan Maryon-Davis: King’s College London, Professor Alistair Burns, Professor Carol Brayne: Department of Public Health and Primary Care at University of Cambridge, Professor David Smith: University of Oxford, Professor Huon Gray: National Clinical Director for Heart Disease at NHS England, Professor John Deanfield: Cardiovascular Prevention at UCLPartners, Professor Kevin Fenton: National Director of Health and Wellbeing at Public Health England, Professor Klim McPherson: Public Health Epidemiology at University of Oxford, Professor Klim McPherson: UK Health Forum, Professor Lawrence Whalley: University of Aberdeen, Professor Simon Capewell: University of Liverpool, Professor Sir Ian Gilmore: Alcohol Health Alliance UK, Professor Sube Banerjee, Professor Vladimir Hachinski: Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences at University of Western Ontario, Promoting Brain Health, Promoting Brain Health (Blackfriars Consensus Statement), Public Awareness, Public Health England (PHE), Raising Awareness, Reducing Health Inequalities, Repetitive Concussions, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Robin Ireland: Health Equalities Group, Royal College of Psychiatrists, School of Clinical Medicine: Cambridge University, Secondary Preventative Strategies, Sedentary Behaviour, Smoking, St Brides Foundation: Blackfriars, Staying Healthy for Longer, Strategic Dementia Advisory Group of the East of England, Stroke Association, Sube Banerjee: Centre for Dementia Studies at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Sweden, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), UCLPartners, UK Faculty of Public Health, UK Health Forum, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, University of California, University of Oxford, Vascular Risk Factors, Workplace Health
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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 →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Charitable Bodies, Community Care, Enhancing the Healing Environment, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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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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Recent Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: Epidemiological Studies, Risk Factors and Prevention
Some of the following articles are available freely, but a suitable Athens password, a journal subscription or one-off payment may be needed for access to the full-text of the other articles. The Bibliographic Citations da Silva, J. Goncalves-Pereira, M. Xavier, … Continue reading →
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Systematic Reviews
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Tagged Affective Disorders, Alcohol, Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cognitive Decline, Copper, Epidemiology, Hormone Therapy (HT), Hypercortisolemia, Midlife Obesity, Modifiable Risk Factors, Obesity, Physical Activity, Prevention, Risk Factors, Selected Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Vascular and Lifestyle Factors, Vitamin D
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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 →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Practical Advice, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Tagged Action on Sugar, Active People Survey, Active People Survey: Sport England, Added Sugars, Adult Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes, Advertising of Sugary Foods, Advertising Restrictions, Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, Association for Nutrition’s Workforce Competence Model, BBC Science News, Behind the Headlines, BHF: British Heart Foundation, Binge Drinking and Overeating, BMA Board of Science, BMA's Food for Thought Report, BMA: British Medical Association, BMI: Body Mass Index, BMJ, Body Mass Index (BMI), British Heart Foundation, British Medical Association, British Medical Association (BMA), British Medical Journal (BMJ), British Soft Drinks Association (BDSA), Broadcasting Restrictions, Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridgeshire, Cancer Research UK, CAP: Committee of Advertising Practice, Carbonated Soft Drinks, Cardiovascular Disease, CASH (Consensus Action on Salt and Health), Centre for Diet and Activity Research, Change4Life, Change4Life National Consumer Campaign on Sugar Reduction, Change4Life Smart Swaps, Change4Life Smart Swaps Campaign, Change4Life Sugar Swaps, COMA: Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy (Predecessor to SACN), Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy (COMA), Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy’s (COMA) Panel on Dietary Reference Values, Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy (COMA), Consumers International, Consumption Targets (WHO Guidance), Consumption Targets (WHO Targets), Delivering Better Oral Health, Dementia Time-Bomb, Demographic Time-Bomb, Diet Fads, Diet-Related Ill Health, Dietary Behaviour, Doncaster, Dr Alison Tedstone: Public Health England, Dr Shree Datta: British Medical Association, East Lindsey: Lincolnshire, Economic and Social Research Council, EFSA: European Food Safety Authority, Energy Drinks, Environmental Exposure to Takeaway Food Outlets, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: National Institutes of Health, European Congress on Obesity, European Congress on Obesity (2013), Excess Weight, Exercise, Fast Food Consumption, Fast Food Outlets, FBDG: Food Based Dietary Guideline, FIR: Food Information Regulation (European Union), Fiscal Levers: Sugar Tax, Fiscal Measures in Favour of Healthy Diets (Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Proposal), Five Portions of Fruit and Vegetables a Day, Fizzy Drinks, Food and Drink Federation, Food Labelling, Food Standards Agency, Food Standards Agency Nutrient Profile Model, FOP: Front of Pack Nutrition Label, Foresight Report (2007), Free Sugars, Fresh Vegetables, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, Fruit and Vegetables, FSA Nutrient Profile Model, Government’s Public Health Responsibility Deal Calorie Reduction Pledge, Graham MacGregor: Action on Sugar, Harvard School of Public Health, Health Survey for England, HFSS: High Fat Sugar and Salt, HIA: Health Impact Assessment, House of Commons Health Committee, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, In-Store Promotions, Institute of Metabolic Science, International Cooperation on Nutrition, Interventions to Promote Healthier Diets, Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Knowledge and Attitudes to Diet, Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Limiting Unhealthy Cues (Consumer Marketing), Local Authority Adult Obesity Variations (England), Local Authority Excess Weight Data, Lose Weight Feel Great: Wigan Borough, Lower Reference Nutrient Intake (LRNI), Marketing of Unhealthy Food and Drink Products, Medical Research Council, Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, Midlife Obesity, Moderate Exercise, Modifiable Risk Factors, MRC Human Nutrition Research (HNR), Multimorbidity, NatCen Social Research (NatCen), National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2014), National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS): 2008-2012, National Health Survey, National Institute for Health Research, National Institutes of Health, National Obesity Awareness Week 2014, National Obesity 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