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:
15 minutes of exercise daily reduces mortality by 14% - and each additional 15 minutes gives 4% additional mortality benefit
Originally added on Sun, 21/08/2011 - 05:09Last updated on Sun, 21/08/2011 - 07:12
New meta-analysis tells it like it is: television viewing damages our health
Originally added on Thu, 14/07/2011 - 08:44Last updated on Thu, 28/07/2011 - 04:40
A new meta-analysis in the Journal of the American Medical Association tells it like it is: television viewing damages our health. The paper's title is "Television viewing and risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and all-cause mortality" and its abstract reads:
How much should I weigh if I don't want to die early?
Originally added on Wed, 08/06/2011 - 05:16Last updated on Sat, 11/06/2011 - 06:11
Mental contrasting: a way to boost our commitment to goals we care about
Originally added on Sun, 20/02/2011 - 05:44Last updated on Tue, 01/03/2011 - 21:53
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And now, let us believe in the new year that is given us - new, untouched, full of things that have never been.- Rainer Maria Rilke
M: Life skills for stress, health & wellbeing, session 12
Yesterday we had the twelfth & final session of this "Life skills" evening class. There was scheduled to have been a bit less than a three month gap since the last - eleventh - session. However the heavy winter snow we'd experienced had resulted in this last session being postponed.
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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
Medical knowledge is a social process: The conversations that occur around artifactual data are always more important than the data themselves.- John Lester
L: Life skills for stress, health & wellbeing, session 11
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Healthy living has benefits hugely greater than anything medicine can deliver.- Bandolier 136, Oxford evidence-based medicine website
I: Life skills for stress, health & wellbeing, session 9
Yesterday was the ninth evening of this "Life skills" training. I wrote about the eighth session last week. The sequence of regular weekly classes now moves on to increasing gaps between sessions - so it's three weeks until the tenth, a further five weeks until the eleventh, and then an additional eleven weeks until the final twelfth session. My hope is that we will be able to arrange occasional follow-up meetings even after that.
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- William TempleHumility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.
