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Action on sickness absence

22 November 2011
A new UK review (click here  >>), published on 21 November and commissioned by the government in February, aims to combat the 140 million days lost to sickness absence in Great Britain every year, which costs employers £9 billion a year in sick pay and...
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Seeking ‘Rising Stars in Global Health’

17 November 2011
Grand Challenges Canada, a not-for-profit organisation, is seeking applications to a new funding programme for ‘creative and dynamic developing world innovators’, to help them to pursue their ideas for tackling some of the world’s most challenging health...
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How little exercise is too little?

16 November 2011
Although there has been research into the overall benefit of general physical activity, little research has focused on the potential decrease in life-expectancy among people taking less than 15 minutes of exercise a day. According to recent research conducted in...
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The Americas take on salt

14 November 2011
A meeting on 27 and 28 October of the Regional Expert Group on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention through Dietary Salt Reduction of the Pan American Health Organization discussed efforts made by many countries in North, Central and South America to reduce salt intake...
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Big babies, big kids?

11 November 2011
A study from the Harvard took the weight and length of over 44,000 US children every six months from the age of one month to 24 months, then measuring them again at the ages of five and 10 years. Standard percentile groups were used, dividing the children into...
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Fast food, healthy food and middle-class diners

09 November 2011
Recent articles have been a reminder of the social gradient in health and wellness, reinforcing that the poor are more likely to be overweight or obese, but the question remains as to whether this is because of a diet of fast-food restaurant dining.  The December...
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Filipinos gaining weight…

07 November 2011
A survey by the National Statistics Coordination Board (NSCB) in the Philippines has found that 26.6 per cent of Filipino adults were overweight in 2008 (5.2 per cent are obese), a marked increase from 16.6 per cent in 1993. Overweight is also rising among children...
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Commercial weight-loss programmes

05 November 2011
According to recent research published in the Lancet, programmes like Weight Watchers, which have commercially prepared diet plans, are more successful at encouraging sustained weight loss than mere advice and guidance from GPs, and research shows that these individuals...
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Depression link with stroke

04 November 2011
A study published in Stroke (here >>) has found that people who have suffered from depression at some point in their lives are about a third more likely to have a stroke than those who have not. The study, led by Dr Li-Qiang Qin from Soochow University (China),...
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Vitamin D fortification for public health

03 November 2011
Vitamin D has been in the news again recently as the Kellogg’s Corporation, best known for popular breakfast cereals, decided to fortify cereals with vitamin D in the United Kingdom. Produced by the skin when exposed to UVB light (sunlight), vitamin D regulates...
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