Obese people too breathless to become physically active could benefit from daily breathing exercises using a hand-held respiratory device, researchers from the UK and Australia suggest. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
To gain a better understanding of how children aged 6-18 years who use wheelchairs and their families conceptualised physical exercise and keeping-fit. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
The Five Ways to Well-being is a document produced by the government which gives advice about things people can do to improve how they feel. These five things are being with people, being active, noticing things around you, to keep learning and giving to others.
We taught a group of adults with learning disabilities how to do these five things. We had ten sessions which lasted 2 h each.
We did not find that people felt better after the ten sessions, but we did find that they noticed more things around them which may help improve their well-being. People found the group useful.
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Ageing is associated with progressively higher level of circulating pro-inflammatory markers without apparent cause [1]. The exact reason why such a pro-inflammatory condition emerges with ageing in most individuals is not known, but there is robust evidence that older persons with high inflammatory markers are at higher risk for developing many age-related medical conditions [2, 3], including poor physical performance and low muscle strength [4]. The role of inflammation as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) is particularly interesting. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
To identify health profiles of underweight, overweight and obese young people attending general practice and compare them to normal-weight youth and also to explore the weight-related health risks of eating and exercise behaviour in the four different weight categories. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Editorial. The detrimental effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS—also referred to as passive or secondhand smoke) exposure begin in utero as the placenta offers no barrier to ETS exposure. Maternal smoking during pregnancy increases a child's risk for reduced lung function, wheezing and asthma even in the absence of postnatal ETS exposure. Of course, many children exposed to tobacco in utero are also exposed postnatally. Compared with children raised in smoke-free environments, ETS-exposed children have a higher risk of sudden infant death syndrome, respiratory infection, ear infection, asthma, meningitis and reduced lung growth. Adding to this body of evidence, the systematic review found that children exposed to ETS had increased risk of respiratory adverse events during the perianaesthetic period of surgery. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Falls among older adults are considered an important source of disability, mortality and healthcare use. One crucial modifiable risk factor for falls is balance impairment. Hence, exercises that target balance improvement have been considered an essential component of fall prevention programmes. Pilates is a type of mind–body exercise that focuses on improving strength, core stability, flexibility, muscle control, posture and breathing. Various pilates exercises challenge balance. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Physicians are uniquely positioned in healthcare systems to improve population levels of physical activity. Most people visit a physician at least annually, and physician advice remains influential in guiding patient behaviour. For example, a simple physical activity counselling intervention by general practitioners significantly reduced inactivity.
A key objective of the Exercise is Medicine initiative http://www.exerciseismedicine.org/ is for physicians to assess and record physical activity during every patient visit, similar to a vital sign and to facilitate an exercise prescription. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
The chief executive of NHS England, Simon Stevens has announced new action to cut the sales and consumption of sugary drinks sold in hospitals and to reduce obesity, which forms part of a wider programme to help NHS staff be healthy and happy at work.
Smoking rates are higher in rural than in urban settings.1 Further, access to healthcare and tobacco cessation programmes is challenging in rural areas because of lower population density and large geographic distances.2 Thus, tobacco cessation initiatives that overcome these barriers are needed to address the disparity in healthcare provision in rural settings.3 ,4 One such option is the distribution of nicotine patches by postal mail. However, is there evidence to suggest that such programmes might be effective in rural settings? To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
To determine the degree to which the observed benefit of Text2Quit was accounted for by psychosocial mechanisms derived from its quit smoking messaging versus from the use of extra-programmatic smoking cessation treatments and services. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
A new report from the WHO Regional Office for Europe, Tackling food marketing to children in a digital world: trans-disciplinary perspectives, calls for immediate action by policy-makers to recognize and address the growing issue of marketing targeted to children via digital media.
Young adulthood represents a critical time to address elevated obesity rates and the risk of early mortality, particularly among people with serious mental illness. Few studies have assessed the benefits of lifestyle interventions targeting weight loss among these young adults. This study examined the impact of the 12-month In SHAPE lifestyle intervention on weight loss and fitness among overweight and obese young adults with serious mental illness (ages 21–30) compared with participants over age 30. Login at top right hand side of page using your SSSFT NHS Athens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Research shows that there are health risks are associated with spending more than 6–7 sedentary hours per day, independent of exercise time. (Patel et al, Am J Epidemiol, 2010;172(4):419–29) The aim was to identify which patients could benefit from reducing their sedentary time. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
While inhibition has been studied extensively in correlation to alcohol abuse within the adult population, it has been studied less so in relation to the alcohol consumption habits of young adults. Accordingly, this is the first study with the objective of identifying which subcomponent(s) of inhibitory performance, behaviourally measured by the withholding of a pre-potent response, the cancellation of a pre-potent response and interference inhibition will best predict binge drinking habits among young adults. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
It is known that former drinkers have higher mortality than lifelong abstainers. Stopping drinking because of some disease or alcoholism is the common explanation. As light alcohol intake may decrease mortality (Di Castelnuovo et al., 2006, Ronksley et al., 2011), some former drinkers may have higher mortality because they have stopped light drinking. To study this, I have reviewed studies on alcohol intake and all-cause mortality and compared healthy former with light drinkers. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
To conduct a systematic review of studies exploring the relationship between exposure to Internet-based alcohol-related content and alcohol use among young people. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Concerns have been raised about the impact of alcohol sports sponsorship on harmful consumption, with some countries banning this practice or considering a ban. We review evidence on the relationship between exposure to alcohol sports sponsorship and alcohol consumption. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai