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0000-0001-5256-4527
Current Organisations
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
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London South Bank University
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Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2013
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Date: 24-01-2011
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510005362
Abstract: Adults with intellectual disabilities experience high rates of obesity. Despite this higher risk, there is little evidence on the effectiveness of weight-loss interventions for adults with intellectual disabilities and obesity. The present study examined the effectiveness of the TAKE 5 multi-component weight-loss intervention. Adults with obesity were invited using specialist intellectual disability services to participate in the study. Obesity was defined as a BMI of 30 kg/m 2 or greater. TAKE 5 included a daily energy-deficit diet of 2510 kJ (600 kcal), achieved via a personalised dietary prescription. Participants' body weight, BMI, waist circumference and levels of physical activity and sedentary behaviour were measured before and after the intervention. A total of fifty-four in iduals consented to participate, of which forty-seven (87 %) completed the intervention in the study period. There was a significant decrease in body weight (mean difference − 4·47 (95 % CI − 5·91, − 3·03) kg P 0·0001), BMI ( − 1·82 (95 % CI − 2·36, − 1·29) kg/m 2 P 0·0001), waist circumference ( − 6·29 (95 % CI − 7·85, − 4·73) cm P 0·0001) and daily sedentary behaviour of participants ( − 41·40 (95 % CI − 62·45, − 20·35) min P = 0·00 034). Of the participants who completed the intervention, seventeen (36·2 %) lost 5 % or more of their initial body weight. Findings from the study suggest that TAKE 5 is an effective weight-loss intervention for adults with intellectual disabilities and obesity. The effectiveness of TAKE 5 should be examined further in a controlled study.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2015
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2019
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2012
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-1980
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(80)91675-X
Abstract: First-degree relatives of hypertensive patients are more likely to comply with a request to visit their general practitioner for a screening blood-pressure measurement than are the relatives of normotensive controls. On average they have higher blood-pressure levels and are more likely to be started on treatment as a result of screening. In the majority of cases treatment can be maintained long-term and blood pressure falls to acceptable levels. The relatives of people already on treatment for hypertension include a high proportion of potential candidates for treatment, and screening of this group may be worth while.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2014
Publisher: Jaseng Medical Foundation
Date: 10-2022
Abstract: In Korea, Chuna was officially included in the Korean national health insurance (NHI) system in 2019. In the US, osteopathic manipulative treatment has been part of conventional healthcare since 1966. Since there are few countries that provide manual therapy in mainstream healthcare, academic exchange between experts in Chuna therapy on an international stage is essential to date there has been a conference in 2018 and 2019, both of which were held in Korea. This review presents a summary of these conference proceedings. There were 13 keynote speakers including doctors of Korean medicine, osteopathic physicians, and policymakers. In the 1st conference, seven speakers shared their knowledge on the history of Chuna, policies, and the current body of evidence for using Chuna and osteopathic manipulative treatment of various conditions. In the following year, six speakers also included novel Chuna techniques, similarities and differences, and explored the possibilities for collaborations moving forward. Previous to these two international conferences, the last national conference was held in Korea in 2008. The timing of these two international conferences has proved significant due to the inclusion of Chuna in Korean national health insurance in 2019, and helped to provide guidance in expanding the scope of manual medicine.
Publisher: BMJ
Date: 21-10-1978
Abstract: Analysis of mortality trends over 40 years in England and Wales showed that mortality from coronary heart disease had become progressively more common in working-class men and women than in those from the middle and upper classes. The change was most noticeable for men. Whereas in 1931 and 1951 heart disease was more common in men of social classes I and II, by 1961 it was more common in men of classes IV and V. This change in social-class distribution can only partly be explained by changes in diagnostic methods. The worsening mortality of classes IV and V correlated with relatively more smoking, a higher consumption of sugar, and a lower consumption of wholemeal bread in these classes. There was no correlation between change in heart disease and change in the social-class pattern of fat consumption.
Publisher: BMJ
Date: 03-06-2015
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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