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Tag Archives: Obesity Time-Bomb
WHO Guidelines on Dementia Prevention (BBC News / WHO)
Summary The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued guidelines on the prevention of cognitive decline and dementia. This follows earlier related guidance and consensus statements from other bodies, nationally and internationally, which recommend the adoption of healthy lifestyles for healthier … Continue reading →
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Tagged Active and Healthy Ageing, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing Population, Alcohol and Drug Consumption, Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Misuse, Alcohol or Tobacco Withdrawal, Alcohol Use Disorders (AUDs), Alcohol Use Disorders and Cognitive Impairment Risk, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), Cholesterol (Dyslipidaemia), Cognitive Decline and Dementia: Risk Reduction, Cumulative Benefit of Reducing Risk Factors, Dementia and Sensory Loss, Dementia Policy, Dementia Prevention, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Diabetes Mellitus, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Factors, Eating and Drinking, Education and Awareness, Global Action Plan for Public Health Response to Dementia (WHO), Healthy Ageing, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Lifestyles and Public Health Programmes, Healthy Living, Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline, Hearing Loss and Dementia, Hypertension, Later Life, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Lifestyle Weight Management, Midlife Hypertension, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality Risk Factors, Neurological Disorders, Obesity, Obesity Risk, Obesity Time-Bomb, Participation in Social Activities, Physical Activity, Preventing Type 2 Diabetes, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Prevention Approaches, Prevention Better Than Cure, Prevention of Dementia, Prevention Programmes, Preventive Care, Psychosocial and Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors, Psychosocial Protective and Risk Factors, Public Awareness, Public Health, Public Health Interventions, Reducing the Incidence of Dementia, Risk Factors, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Cognitive Impairment, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Dementia, Risk Reduction of Cognitive Decline and Dementia, Sensory Loss, Smoked Tobacco, Social Activities, Staying Healthy for Longer, Successful Ageing, Supporting Healthy Lifestyles, Tobacco Cessation, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes: Prevention, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Unhealthy Living, Weight Management, Weight Management Programs, WHO Global Dementia Observatory (GDO), WHO Guidelines, WHO Guidelines on Dementia Prevention, WHO’s Global Dementia Observatory, World Health Organization (Geneva), World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines on Dementia Prevention
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Tackling Physical Inactivity in Middle Age (BBC News / NHS Choices / PHE)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) has discovered that people’s activity levels tend to reduce from the age of 40 onwards. Generally, people in the UK are 20% less active now than in the 1960s. “A PHE survey found that 41% … Continue reading →
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National Diabetes Week 2017 (NHS England / NEJM / NHS Choices)
Summary National Diabetes Week falls between June 11th 2017 to June 17th 2017. To mark this event NHS England has released a short animation for the general public offering basic advice, and promoting the Diabetes Prevention Programme and Healthier You. … Continue reading →
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Perhaps No Such Thing as Healthy Obesity? (BBC News / NHS Choices / EurekAlert!)
Summary Analysis of UK GP records by researchers at the University of Birmingham indicates that otherwise “metabolically healthy” obese people do have a statistically higher chance of heart disease, stroke or mini stroke (transient ischaemic attack) and heart failure compared … Continue reading →
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Diet Drinks Triple Risk of Stroke and Dementia? (NHS Choices / Stroke / BBC Health News / NHS England)
Summary Recently published evidence indicates that consumption of artificially sweetened soft drinks is associated statistically with a higher risk of stroke and dementia, but these alleged links are not overwhelmingly convincing or concerning. An NHS Choices Behind the Headlines critical … Continue reading →
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Middle-Age Obesity and Accelerated Brain Ageing (BBC News / Neurobiology of Aging)
Summary Researchers at the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience, examining the loss of white matter in the brains of lean and overweight persons, have discovered that the brains of overweight people tend to resemble those of leaner people who … Continue reading →
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Tagged Accelerated Brain Ageing, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Brain Ageing, Brain Mapping Unit: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridge Center for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN), Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience, Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN), Cerebral White Matter Changes, Cerebral White Matter Volume in Overweight and Obese Individuals, Compromised White Matter Integrity and Obesity, Dementia Risk Factors, Department of Clinical Biochemistry: University of Cambridge, Department of Psychiatry: University of Cambridge, Effects of Weight Diet and Exercise on Brain and Memory, Epidemiology, Institute of Metabolic Sciences: University of Cambridge, Institute of Public Health: University of Cambridge, Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Middle-Age Obesity, Modifiable Risk Factors, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (Cambridge), MRI Scans, Neurobiology of Aging (Journal), Obesity, Obesity and Risk of Neurodegeneration, Obesity is the New Smoking, Obesity Risk Factor, Obesity Time-Bomb, Risk Factors, Structural Brain Ageing, Structural MRI, Unhealthy Behaviours, Unhealthy Lifestyles, United States, University of Cambridge, USA, Voxel-Based Morphometry (VBM), Wellcome Trust, Wellcome Trust Medical Research Council Institute of Metabolic Science at Cambridge University, White Matter Structural Integrity, White Matter Volume, Yale School of Medicine: Yale University, Yale University
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Ongoing Observations on Obesity and Diabetes (BBC News / ifpri / NHS England)
Summary Malnutrition takes different forms, including the epidemic of obesity, according to the International Food Policy Research Institute (ifpri)’s “Ending Malnutrition by 2030” report covering 129 countries. The authors of this Global Nutrition report assert that every $1 (70p) spent … Continue reading →
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Make Our Garden Grow: A Future Mainstream Component of NHS / Public Health Policy? (BBC News / King’s Fund)
Summary Gardening may be beneficial for obesity reduction (as it involves moderate physical activity), in addition to improving balance and thereby helping to reduce falls in the elderly. It may have a positive impact on mental health, by helping to … Continue reading →
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Tagged Access to Green and Open Spaces, Access to Green Space, Access to Greenspace, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), Garden Areas, Gardening, Gardening and Volunteering (New Wonder Drugs?), Gardens, Gardens and Health, Gardens in Care Homes, Green Spaces, Health and Horticulture, Health and Horticulture Conference: Hampton Court Flower Show (2016), Health Policy, Katie's Lymphoedema Fund: Memory Garden, Mindfulness, Mindfulness: Coping With Dementia, Mindfulness: Regulation of Emotions, Modifiable Risk Factors, National Gardens Scheme, Obesity, Obesity Epidemic, Obesity Risk Factor, Obesity Time-Bomb, Parks and Gardens, Public Health, Risk Factors, Sensory Gardens, Sue Biggs: Director General of Royal Horticultural Society, Tranquility (Gardens-Related)
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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 →
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Self-Care and the Patient Activation Measure (PAM) Tool (NHS England)
Summary NHS England has announced availability of an evidence-based tool designed to assist patients in obtaining person-centred support to manage their own care. The Patient Activation Measure (PAM) is a tool in the armoury of the Self-Care Programme, and is … Continue reading →
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