SEDENTARY BEHAVIOUR Part 2
Sedentary behaviour and cardiovascular disease The more you sit about the higher the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes – independently of the amount of exercise you take when not sitting about. The extent of the damage from sedentary behaviour has...
SEDENTARY BEHAVIOUR Part 1
What’s that? Sedentary behaviour is any time spent primarily sitting or lying down and which involves expenditure of 1.5 metabolic equivalents (METs) or less. Examples are sitting, watching television, playing video games, and using a computer. Too much sitting...
THE SOCIAL & ECONOMIC COSTS OF INACTIVITY Part 2
While the NHS provides some social care services to those with significant health-related care needs, most publicly funded care in England is organised and paid for by local councils. Adult social care spending accounts for more than one-third of councils’ overall spending on local services (excluding education). Last year’s social care budget was £22 billion.
THE SOCIAL & ECONOMIC COSTS OF INACTIVITY Part 1
Health care is enormously expensive – about £150 billion pa in the UK. Just 4% of this goes % on prevention.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Now is the accepted time to make your annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving the road to hell with them as usual. Mark Twain