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Tag Archives: Moderate Exercise
Dementia Risk Reduction: Suggestions for Lifestyle Modification (NHS Choices / Lancet / BBC News / AAIC)
Summary A large-scale international review, by the Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention and Care (LCDPIC), suggests that perhaps one in three cases of dementia could be prevented if people took steps to follow healthier lifestyles and so protect their … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hypertension, In the News, Integrated Care, International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 2017 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC®2017), Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age: University of Melbourne, Access to Education: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Active Lifestyle, Advancing Health Disparities Research in Alzheimer's Disease (NIA Grants), Ageing Population, Alzheimer's Association 2017 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures, Alzheimer's Association: 10 Ways to Love Your Brain, Alzheimer’s Association AAIC Press Office, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC®2017), American Indians / Alaskan Natives (NIA Health Disparities Populations), Asian Americans (NIA Health Disparities Populations), Association Between Physical Activity and Cognitive Function and / or Dementia, Auditory Impairment, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Blacks / African Americans (NIA Health Disparities Populations), Blood Pressure, Brain Training, Brighton and Sussex Medical School: University of Sussex, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, Canada, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Center for Innovative Care in Aging: Johns Hopkins University, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences: University of Edinburgh, Centre for Dementia Studies: University of Manchester, Centre for Dementia Studies: University of Sussex, Centre for Old Age Psychiatric Research (Innlandet Hospital Trust), Centre for the Health Care of Elderly People - 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Physical Activity in Midlife May Not Reduce Risk of Developing Dementia: No Harm in Trying (BMJ)
Summary The general consensus in the literature has tended to suggest that mid-life physical activity is typically beneficial, in part as a lifestyle choice which is likely to contribute to a reduced risk of developing cognitive decline and / or … Continue reading
Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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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
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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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More on the Benefits of Moderate Exercise for Elderly (BBC News / British Journal of Sports Medicine)
Summary A study involving 5,700 68 to 77 year-old men in Norway, conducted from Oslo University Hospital, has found that regular exercise (whether light or vigorous) extends life expectancy. Participants doing the equivalent of six 30-minute activity sessions of any … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Management of Condition, Person-Centred Care, Physiotherapy, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
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