Health crisis for Britain's middle-aged
Originally added on Sat, 10/09/2011 - 05:46Last updated on Sat, 10/09/2011 - 06:18
Ouch, a very interesting international health survey, that has just been released, reports:
"Middle-aged Britons are experiencing a mid-life health crisis, according to new research from Bupa, which shows that those aged 45-54 are more likely to be obese, more likely to smoke and more likely to suffer from depression than their peers around the world.
The international Bupa Health Pulse study, which asked more than 13,000 people in 12 different countries questions about their health and lifestyles has shown that late-middle age is the toughest time health-wise for Britons. No other country in the survey - which included Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia and Australasia showed such a consistent range of unhealthy results for this age group.
The study, which questioned more than 2,000 people in the UK, found:
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Originally added on Sun, 20/02/2011 - 05:44Last updated on Tue, 01/03/2011 - 21:53
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Recent research: six lifestyle & health studies - two on sleep, two on smoking, one on diet & one on weight
Originally added on Thu, 13/01/2011 - 06:40Last updated on Fri, 28/01/2011 - 06:45
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No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.- Aesop
D: Life skills for stress, health & wellbeing, session 4
So yesterday we had the fourth evening of this twelve session course. I posted on the third session last week. What we covered is illustrated on the Powerpoint handouts I gave out as two six-slides-to-a-page handouts. Click on slides 1-6, Powerpoint or slides 1-6, PDF and slides 7-12, Powerpoint or slides 7-12, PDF to see.
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Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible.- T. E. Lawrence
C: Life skills for stress, health & wellbeing, session 3
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A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.- Anonymous
B: Life skills for stress, health & wellbeing, session 2
So it was the second session of the group yesterday. I blogged about the first session last week. Sadly a couple of people couldn't get to this second meeting - due to a pre-planned holiday and to an unexpected crisis. It's quite common for participants to miss one or two evenings across a twelve session course like this, but I want to be careful when people miss such an early meeting. It's important that they don't lose their way and get left behind. They will get copies of the handouts and the Autogenic CD, but I also make a note to contact them myself.
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- Ralph Waldo EmersonThe glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.
Life skills for stress, health & wellbeing
In the 1970's I taught yoga and several different types of meditation. In the 1980's I began teaching courses in Autogenic Training, a form of deep relaxation/meditation. I continued running Autogenic classes for about 25 years. In addition to the relaxation/meditation exercises, the teaching also covered several other life skill/stress management techniques. For a much fuller description of these eight session courses, visit the Autogenic Training section of this website.
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Life skills for stress, health & wellbeing, fourth session
Originally added on Tue, 22/06/2010 - 04:31Last updated on Thu, 02/12/2010 - 19:05
So yesterday we had the fourth evening of this twelve session course. I posted on the third session last week. What we covered is illustrated on the Powerpoint handouts I gave out as two six-slides-to-a-page handouts. Click on slides 1-6, Powerpoint or slides 1-6, PDF and slides 7-12, Powerpoint or slides 7-12, PDF to see.
Life skills for stress, health & wellbeing, third session
Originally added on Tue, 15/06/2010 - 04:18Last updated on Thu, 02/12/2010 - 19:03
