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| Cost Of Obesity To Local Health Services Revealed, UK PCTs count the cost of bad diet and exercise New figures out today show, for the first time, the cost of obesity to every Primary Care Trust in England. The figures set out the cost of diseases related to being overweight or obese in 2007 and how much it will cost at a local level in 2015 if we take no action. As last years Foresight report highlighted, nationally the cost of being overweight or obese cost the NHS £4.2 billion in 2007. medicalnewstoday.com |
The Key To A Healthy Lifestyle Is In The Mind The main factors influencing the amount of physical exercise people carry out are their self-perceived ability and the extent of their desire to exercise. A study of 5167 Canadians, reported in the open access journal BMC Public Health, has shown that psychological concerns are the most important barriers to an active lifestyle. medicalnewstoday.com |
Evidence Mounts That Short Or Poor Sleep Can Lead To Increased Eating And Risk Of Diabetes Laboratory and epidemiological studies continue to show that sleep curtailment and/or decreased sleep quality can disturb neuroendocrine control of appetite, leading to overeating, and can decrease insulin and/or increase insulin resistance, both steps on the road to Type 2 diabetes. On April 22, at the Experimental Biology 2009 meeting in New Orleans, a panel of leading sleep researchers describes recent and new studies in this fast growing field. medicalnewstoday.com |
Race Plays Role In Diagnosis And Treatment CNN reports that African Americans and whites are treated differently by doctors. medicalnewstoday.com |
Researchers Identify The Three Killer Indicators That Are Even Worse Than High Cholesterol Researchers at the University of Warwick have identified a particular combination of health problems that can double the risk of heart attack and cause a three-fold increase in the risk of mortality. medicalnewstoday.com |