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Tag Archives: Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health
Healthy Eating: Unhealthy Disagreements About the Causes of Obesity (BBC News / NHS Choices / NOF / PHC / PHE)
Summary An epic battle for hearts and minds appears to be underway, concerning the relative merits of alternative approaches to tackling obesity at the population level through diet and nutritional advice. The National Obesity Forum and the Public Health Collaboration … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Guidelines, In the News, Integrated Care, International, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Patient Information, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adiposity, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Behind the Headlines, Bergen Medical Research Foundation, Calorie-Focused Thinking, Cherry-Picking Studies (Allegation), Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction, Department of Clinical Medicine: University of Bergen, Department of Heart Disease: Haukeland University Hospital, Dietary Choices, Dietary Factors, Dietetics, Dr Alison Tedstone: Public Health England, Dr Aseem Malhotra: Senior Adviser to the National Obesity Forum, Eat Fat Cut The Carbs (PHC / NOF), Eat More Fat Controversy, Eating and Drinking, Eating Well, Eatwell Guide and Eatwell Plate, Eatwell Guide For Healthy Eating, Eatwell Guide. Public Health England (PHE), Eatwell Plate, Eatwell Plate: External Reference Group Review, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Excess Energy Intake, Haukeland University Hospital, Health Policy, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Communities, Healthy Eating Dietary Guidelines for United Kingdom, Healthy Eating Guidelines (PHC / NOF), Healthy Eating Guidelines and Weight Loss Advice For the United Kingdom, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Healthy Weight, Improving Dietary Habits, Integrated Prevention Approaches, Junk Food, KG Jebsen Centre for Diabetes Research, Life Course Approach, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Intervention Programmes, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Low-Fat High-Carbohydrate (LFHC) Diet, Mainstream Dietary Guidance: Avoidance of Foods Based on Saturated Fat Content, Mainstream Dietary Guidance: Dietary Reference Value of No More Than 35% Total Fat, Mainstream Dietary Guidance: Recommended Quality and Quantity of Carbohydrates, Meltzerfondet, Metabolic Syndrome, Mixed Messages, Modifiable Risk Factors, Myth-Busting, National Advisory Committee on Nutritional Education (USA), National Obesity Forum, Non-Adherence to Systematic Review Methods (Allegation), 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, PHC / NOF Advice to Avoid Snacking To Reverse Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes, PHE: Public Health England, Poor Dietary Advice (Allegations Reciprocal), 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, Prof Simon Capewell: Faculty of Public Health, Professor David Haslam: Chairman of National Obesity Forum, Public Awareness, Public Health, Public Health Collaboration (PHC / NOF), Public Health Collaboration (PHC), Public Health Interventions, Real Food Lifestyle, Risk Factors, Royal Society for Public Health, SACN: Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (Successor to COMA), Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN), Staying Healthy for Longer, The Real Food Lifestyle (PHC / NOF), Tolerance of Ambiguity, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, University of Bergen, Very High-Fat Low-Carbohydrate (VHFLC) Diet, Weight Loss Advice For The United Kingdom (PHC / NOF), Western Norway Regional Health Authority, You Cannot Outrun a Bad Diet (Myth of Physical Inactivity and Obesity)
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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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Physical Inactivity and Obesity Compared as Causes of Mortality (BBC News / American Journal of Clinical Nutrition / Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
Summary A 12-year study involving more than 300,000 people suggests that lack of exercise could be responsible for twice as many deaths as obesity in Europe. It is estimated that 676,000 deaths per year are attributable to inactivity, compared with … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Nutrition, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Aalborg University Hospital, Aarhus University (Denmark), Abdominal Adiposity, Academy of Athens, Active Travel, Adiposity, All-Cause Mortality, Amenable Mortality, Andalusian School of Public Health (Granada), Athens, Australia, Avoidable Mortality, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute (Melbourne), Bazian, BBC Health News, Behavioural and Generational Change Program: Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behind the Headlines, BHF's Health at Work Programme, BMJ, British Heart Foundation, British Heart Foundation (BHF), British Medical Journal (BMJ), Bureau of Epidemiologic Research: Academy of Athens, Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Public Health Agency of Canada (CIHR-PHAC), Cancer Council Victoria, Cancer Epidemiology Centre: Cancer Council Victoria, Cancer Epidemiology Unit: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Cancer Prevention and Research Institute (Florence), Cancer Registry of Norway, Cancer Research UK, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Catalan Institute of Oncology (Barcelona), Causes of Premature Mortality, Center for Cardiovascular Research: Aalborg University Hospital, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health: Univeristy of Paris Sud, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP) (Spain), CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública – CIBERESP (Spain), Clinical Gerontology Unit: University of Cambridge, Danish Cancer Society, Dementia Risk Factors, Department of Clinical Sciences: Lund University, Department of Community Medicine: University of Tromsø, Department of Epidemiology: Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung, Department of Epidemiology: Murcia Regional Health Council (Spain), Department of Hygiene: University of Athens Medical School, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine: Umeå University, Department of Public Health: Aarhus University, Department of Sport Medicine: Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (Oslo), Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Chirurgia: Federico ii University, Division of Cancer Epidemiology: German Cancer Research Centre, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics: University of Athens Medical School, Epidemiology and Prevention Unit: Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Epidemiology and Statistics, European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Study (EPIC), Exercise Guidelines, Exercise: 150-Minute Weekly Activity Target, Faculty of Health Sciences: University of Tromsø, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education: University of Toronto, Federico ii University (Naples), Finland, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (Milano), France, Frederiksberg Hospital in Copenhagen, Georgia Institute of Technology, German Cancer Research Centre (Heidelberg), Germany, Get Britain Standing, Greece, Harvard School of Public Health, Hellenic Health Foundation, HuGEF Foundation (Turin), Imperial College London, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Toronto), Institute of Health Policy: University of Toronto, Instituto BIO-Donostia: Basque Government, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Italy, Jogging, Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), Julius Centre for Health Sciences and Primary Care: Utrecht, Karolinska Institutet, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Medical Research Council, Medical Research Council (MRC), Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit: University of Cambridge, Modifiable Risk Factors, Molecular and Nutrional Epidemiology Unit: ISPO, Mortality, Mortality Risk Factors, Mortality Statistics, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Netherlands), Navarre Public Health Institute (Pamplona), Netherlands, Norway, Nutritional Epidemiology and Public Health, Obesity, Obesity in Europe, On Your Feet Britain, Overlapping Risk Factors, Physical Activity, Physical Activity and All-Cause Mortality, Physical Exercise, Physical Inactivity, Physical Inactivity and Obesity Compared, Physical Inactivity: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Premature Death, Premature-Death Rates, Professor Kevin Fenton: National Director of Health and Wellbeing at Public Health England, Professor Kevin Fenton: PHE Director for Health and Wellbeing, Prolonged Sedentary Time, Prolonged Sitting, Public Health, Public Health Directorate (Spain), Public Health Division of Gipuzkoa: Instituto BIO-Donostia, Risk Factors, Samfundet Folkhälsan (Helsinki), Section for Epidemiology: Aarhus University, Sedentary Behaviour, Sedentary Time, Stroke Association, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre: York University, Sweden, Tromsø (Norway, UK Food Standards Agency (FSA), Umeå University (Sweden), University College Hospital, University Health Network – Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Hospital of Toulouse, University Medical Centre Utrecht, University of Athens Medical School, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Toronto, UOS Registro Tumori e UOC Anatomia Patologica, Waist Circumference (WC), Walking, Wellcome Trust, WHO Collaborating Center for Food and Nutrition Policies: University of Athens Medical School, York University (Toronto)
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