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Another 2021 survey noted that all regions of England had a rate of at least 53%, with the highest rate being found among men in the North East, and the lowest rate among women in the South East. [56] A 2023 survey looking at the healthiest and least healthy areas of the UK noted the following overweight/ obesity figures; Hartlepool 74.6%
NHSX, created in February 2019, has oversight of digital strategy and policy in NHS England. As a budget-holder, NHSX commissions projects from NHS Digital. [7] On 22 November 2021 it was announced that NHS Digital would be merged with NHSX and incorporated into NHS England. [8] The merger was completed on 1 February 2023. [9]
Earlier surveys were administered by practices. [4] The 2009 survey was sent to approximately 5,500,000 registered adult patients. [5] In 2021, invitations were sent by letter to a sample of people from each of more than 6800 practices. [6] The survey has shown that the health of unpaid carers is significantly poorer than that of their non ...
In November 2013 NHS England launched a clinical digital maturity index to measure the digital maturity of NHS providers [4] but 40% of NHS managers surveyed by the Health Service Journal did not know their ranking, and the same proportion said improving their ranking was of low or very low priority. [5] in 2022 the 211 trusts progress was ...
From 1991 to 1994, the survey was conducted by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys which is now part of the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This changed in 1994 and the survey is now conducted by the Joint Survey Unit of the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) and the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at ...
It was the country's first national social marketing campaign to tackle the causes of obesity. [2] In 2021, it was brought under the "Better Health" brand [3] Change4Life aimed to help families make small, sustainable yet significant improvements to their diet and activity levels.
Data from the 2003–2006 NHANES survey showed that fewer than 10% of American adults had a "normal" body fat percentage (defined as 5–20% for men and 8–30% for women). [ 3 ] Results from the 2017–2018 NHANES survey indicate that an estimated 43% of noninstitutionalized U.S. adults aged 20–74 are obese (including 9% who are severely ...
In 2021, the World Health Organization estimated that obesity caused at least 2.8 million deaths annually. [47] On average, obesity reduces life expectancy by six to seven years, [2] [48] a BMI of 30–35 kg/m 2 reduces life expectancy by two to four years, [37] while severe obesity (BMI ≥ 40 kg/m 2) reduces life expectancy by ten years. [37]