THE PROBLEM OF OBESITY IN THE NHS ALL COMES DOWN TO COST.A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article by Simon Stevens in the August 20th and August 27th issues that were concerned with obese nurses in Great Britain's National Health Service.Salter...
There is so much talk about carrot and stick being applied to the obesity epidemic1 but no one seems to have the courage to discuss the telling deterrent: employment. If indeed half of NHS employees are overweight or obese it is a national disgrace where we would expect an …...
Obesityis a chronic relapsing disease process, attributable to the complex interaction between genes and environmental risk factors, characterised by excess adiposity, that adversely impairs health [13]. Obesity is equally defined in older and younger adults using a BMI⩾30 kg/m2, with ethnic sp...
In Table 3, HRs of nonsmokers whose BMIs exceeded 29 kg/m2 were generally higher than those of a combined group of smokers and nonsmokers; were higher in the CPS1 after exclusion of subjects with possible preexisting illness; and were highest in the NHS, a relatively healthy group without...
The economic burden of ill health due to diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and obesity in the UK: an update to 2006-07 NHS costs. (2011) The economic burden of ill health due to diet, physical inactivity, smoking, alcohol and obesity in the UK: an update to 2006-07 NHS cost...
Obesity costs the NHS one billion pounds a year, and blights the health of up to one million children under 16. Doctors say this could be the first generation for decades to die before their parents unless urgent action is taken. Yet, progress is so slow according to Today’s Report ...
2005, British Journal of Haematology Obesity in adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A report from the childhood cancer survivor study 2003, Journal of Clinical Oncology View all citing articles on Scopus☆ From the Department of Endocrinology, Christie Hospital, NHS Trust, Manches...
Median BMI for Latin American women were near or above the 50th percentile of the general U.S. population; values exceeded the 75th percentile in the case of Mexican Americans. The prevalence of overweight (>1 SD above mean weight-for-height) in children 1–5 y of age ranged from 6% in...
This study provides input from nursing home administrators on their challenges (financial, quality, staffing) in caring for severely obese residents. In addition, we report on how changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic have affected care for people with obesity in nursing homes (NHs). Caring for...
It is estimated that overweight and obesity related conditions across the UK cost the NHS E6. 1 billion each year. Almost two-thirds of adults in England are overweight and 40%of children leave primary school overweight or obese. The most recent official dat a shows that in 2019 to 2020, ...