Monday 25 March 2019

Unhealthy lifestyles means increasing early death rates

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A recent NHS analysis of the state of the nation's health shows that 87% of adults had at least one of these deadly sins, and over half had at least two.

  1. 23% of adult Brits drank more than 14 units per week
  2. 21% of adult Brits were physically inactive
  3. 17% of adult Brits were smokers of cigarettes, cigars and pipes
  4. 27% were technically obese
  5. Over 70% were technically overweight
  6. 72% did not eat enough vegetables and fruit
It paints a grim picture, especially for the future generations.

Record numbers are now dangerously fat - one in 20 women are morbidly obese, which is five times as many as the early 1990s.  Obese mums are three and a half times more likely to have "tubby kids".

Unhealthy choices - and that is what it is - increase the likelihood of developing certain cancers - and research has shown that over 40% of cancer cases are preventable.

Rates of diabetes have more than doubled in three decades - and have tripled in OAPs.

One in three children in England is officially too heavy, raising the risk of future diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer.

HMHB is about prevention and correction, about building awareness, about making changes.

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