NICE Guidance – Obesity

NICE Guidance CG43 Obesity, January 2010 Click on the link above to access the full-text of this guidance Abstract: Obesity: the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children Description The NICE clinical guideline on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children covers: [...]

NICE Guidance – Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes (partially updated by CG87) , CG66 Type 2 diabetes: the management of type 2 diabetes (update) Description NICE clinical guideline 87 partially updates NICE clinical guideline 66 and replaces it. Most of the recommendations were developed for NICE clinical guideline 66 by the National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions. Details of the methods [...]

NICE Guidance – Type 1 Diabetes

NICE Guidance – CG15 Type 1 Diabetes ,  July 2004 Diagnosis and management of type 1 diabetes in children, young people and adults Description This clinical guideline offers evidence-based advice on the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in children, young people and adults. It also covers the care and treatment that should be available in the [...]

Physical Health – Public Health – Booklets on Healthy Eating, Diet, Exercise and more …..

Public Health Agency UK        Physical Activity       Nutrition    Mental Health Click on the above links to access free downloadable booklets and leaflets Eat well, keep well and reduce your risk of cancer Step this way for better health Enjoy healthy eating Small changes big  benefits Get a live, get active Eat well, keep well and reduce your [...]

Physical health of people with severe mental illness

Physical health of people with severe mental illness, BMJ 2001; 322 : 443 Michael Phelan, consultant psychiatrist, Linda Stradins, mental health nurse, Sue Morrison, general practitioner Abstract: Over 60 years ago the BMJ reported an association between mental illness and poor physical health. Subsequent research, in many countries, has consistently confirmed that psychiatric patients have [...]

Cochrane – Interventions to change the behaviour of health professionals and the organisation of care to promote weight reduction in overweight and obese people

Interventions to change the behaviour of health professionals and the organisation of care to promote weight reduction in overweight and obese people, Flodgren G, Deane K, Dickinson HO, Kirk S, Alberti H, Beyer FR, Brown JG, Penney TL, Summerbell CD, Eccles MP. Interventions to change the behaviour of health professionals and the organisation of care [...]

Physical Health – Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet: England, 2010

Statistics on Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet: England, 2010.  NHS Information Centre Click on the title above to access the full-text of this report Abstract: This statistical report presents a range of information on obesity, physical activity and diet, drawn together from a variety of sources. The topics covered include: Overweight and obesity prevalence among [...]

Physical Health – Cochrane – Exercise therapy for Schizophrenia

Exercise therapy for Schizophrenia  Citation: Gorczynski P, Faulkner G. Exercise therapy for schizophrenia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 5. Art. No.: CD004412  Click on the title above to access the full-text of the Cochrane review Abstract: BACKGROUND: The health benefits of physical activity and exercise are well documented and these effects could help [...]