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Piling on the risk factors

30 August 2012
As we reported in a recent Alert (here >>), hypertension is a growing problem worldwide, and is a contributing factor in 15 per cent of deaths. A new study by Professor Pekka Jousilahti has addressed the major lifestyle risk factors for high blood pressure,...
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Exercise in middle age…

29 August 2012
A new study from the Archives of Internal Medicine has added to the evidence on the health benefits of physical activity – this time, focusing on people in their 40s and 50s. The research, on over 18,000 people who were aged around 50 in 1984, compares their...
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Shrinking inequalities?

24 August 2012
According to a study by the Kings Fund (click here >>), which looked at the prevalence of four major risk factors (smoking, not eating five portions of fruit and veg, high alcohol consumption, and physical inactivity), there is good news and bad news for...
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Advertising and children’s diet

23 August 2012
Although we most often associate branding and mascots with commercial products and the profit motive, branding has great potential to promote healthy food choices, particularly among impressionable young people. Direct to consumer advertising aimed at children...
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Obesity and cognitive decline

22 August 2012
It has already been established that obesity and metabolic abnormalities are risk factors for a number of diseases including diabetes and cardiovascular conditions. New research published in the peer-reviewed journal ‘Neurology’ has found that obesity in middle...
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Evolving approaches to workplace health?

16 August 2012
  A new survey by the National Business Group on Health – a US-based association of over 300 major employers – has looked at ways in which large companies are trying to rein in the seemingly inexorably rising costs of health insurance. A rise of 7 per...
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Inflammation and physical activity

15 August 2012
Regular physical activity is strongly associated with improving the health of older people, promoting decreases in morbidity and mortality. A recent study published in the peer-reviewed journal Circulation (click here >>) has stressed the importance of exercise...
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An ‘uncashed dividend’

14 August 2012
A report by the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) and The Climate Institute in Australia has put a new and positive spin on the need for urgent action on climate change: namely, the ‘co-benefits’ for health. The report is a punchy summary of the various positive...
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Maintain the momentum

In the relative calm between a highly successful Olympics and the start of the Paralympics, discussion in the UK media is turning to the legacy of the Games for physical activity. The prime minister has guaranteed funding for elite sports for an extra two years...
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Hypertension in the developing world

Hypertension (high blood pressure) is a serious and growing medical condition. Three-quarters of individuals with the condition live in developing countries, where prevalence in is thought to be down to poor levels of awareness, treatment and control. A report...
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