New university campaign to tackle obesity

University of Cumbria
The University of Cumbria is representing the UK in a pan-European campaign to tackle child and adolescent obesity. The project, “In Form: campaign against child and adolescent obesity”, will take place over the next three years and has received funding from the European Union’s Public Health Programme.
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Teens Girls Smoke Now, Pay Later With Larger Waistlines as Adults

Centre for the Advancement of Health
Girls who smoke 10 cigarettes per day or more are at greatest risk, particularly for abdominal obesity. Their waist sizes are 1.34 inches larger than nonsmokers’ waists are as young adults, according to the study in the February 2009 issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
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'Shocking' obesity figures spark calls for action

Mental Health Foundation
The Government's healthy living messages are failing to get through, campaigners said today as figures showed obesity levels had almost doubled in 14 years.
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Mental health care call for ethnic minorities

Mental Health Foundation
Some black and minority ethnic groups are three or more times more likely than average to be admitted as inpatients to mental health services, according to a study by the Healthcare Commission published today.
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Johnson pledges more help for 'silent minority'

Mental Health Foundation
The 10 million people suffering from a mental health problem at any one time are the country's largest silent minority, Health Secretary Alan Johnson said today.
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Economic worries are causing a mental health crisis – but help and support are available

Mental Health Foundation
Anxiety UK, the country’s largest anxiety disorders charity, has expressed great concern this week about the effects of the current economic crisis on the public’s mental health – but has also stressed that they can provide support to those struggling. This comes following the Conservative party’s estimate that the economic crisis could cause a 26% increase in mental health problems in the UK.
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Life Expectancy and All Age All Cause Mortality Monitoring (Overall and Health Inequalities) - Update to include data for 2007

Department of Health

The latest annual update on life expectancy data and all age all cause mortality rates, with data updated to 2005-07, which are used to monitor progress against Department of Health targets for overall life expectancy in England, and for the gap in life expectancy between the areas with the worst health and deprivation indicators (the Spearhead group) and the England average, was released on 13th November 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

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