Tag Archives: Public Health England

First impressions of an NHS conference

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Julia Manning

Guest Blog by Simon Bottery, Director of Policy and External Relations, Independent Age Older people, as we know, are huge users of the NHS. People aged 65 or over account for one in six of the population but one in two hospital … Continue reading →

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NDPP – Potential game-changing programme to delay or stop onset of Type 2 diabetes

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Julia Manning

Guest Blog by Louise Ansari, Director of Prevention, Diabetes UK Most readers of 2020Health will be concerned about the rising tide of diabetes – some may even have heard that there is a new push on prevention. As Diabetes Week … Continue reading →

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Pound for pound: the economic case for weight loss

Posted on January 21, 2015 by 2020health Guest Blogger

Guest Blog by Matt James, Senior Researcher at 2020health Name calling is not pleasant but sometimes behind the hurt and the pain there is a degree of truth. In 2013 the World Health Organization (WHO) called Britain the ‘Fat man … Continue reading →

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Mixed messages, confusion and chips

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Julia Manning

Fatties are more likely to get dementia. Almost everyday we hear that health outcomes are dependent on any number of actions we as individuals take. Be that eating too much, drinking too much or eating and drinking the wrong thing. Today, it’s over … Continue reading →

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