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So you've been to the AA meeting and quit the booze, taken the nicotine Gum and quit the cigarettes.
Seem's like using junk food for comfort eating as a reward could be worse than the booze and Cigs
Maybe a visit to weight watchers is in order.
Junk food Britain costs the NHS more than cigarettes and alcohol
Britain's unhealthy eating habits are costing the NHS more than the combined impact of cigarettes and alcohol, a new study has found.
Junk food is now costing the NHS more than cigarettes and alcohol, research suggests. Photo: GETTY
By Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent 9:45AM BST 15 May 2011
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A rising tide of diseases caused by poor diet and couch potato lifestyles are costing the health service around £12bn a year – almost twice the £6.6bn spent on ill health linked to smoking and alcohol, according to research by experts from Oxford University and the World Health Organisation.
The paper, published in the Journal of Public Health, says obesity and poor diet now place "the largest economic burden" on the NHS of all lifestyle choices.
Experts said that while the individual health risks of smoking and excess drinking are high, resulting in billions spent treating liver disease and lung cancer, the far higher numbers of people eating a poor diet had a bigger overall impact on NHS costs.
The percentage of adults who smoke has almost halved since the 1970s, while obesity levels have quadrupled, with one in four adults now classed as obese.
Obesity and poor diet are linked to heart disease, most cancers, diabetes and stroke, among other diseases.
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Ellen Mason, from the British Heart Foundation, said: "The number of people smoking has fallen a lot in recent decades, and although alcohol is a big problem for some people, when you are looking at numbers, diet – and the poor diet – is the thing that affects most people."
The senior cardiac nurse said a generation who did not know how to cook, and a widespread reliance on junk food, meant the average diet contained levels of fat and sugar that increased the risks of many diseases.
She said: "For a lot of people, the problem is eating too much, and obesity is linked to a host of health problems – but there are other people who look slim and healthy, yet the salt and fat content of their diet puts them at risk of stroke, heart disease and other risks from high blood pressure."
The research, led by Prof Peter Scarborough, from Oxford University's department of public health, and funded by the British Heart Foundation, estimates the costs of smoking related diseases at £3.3bn, with the same cost placed on treatments linked to alcohol.
Tam Fry, from the National Obesity Form, said the cost of treating diseases linked to Britain's eating habits was now threatening to overwhelm health service budgets.
He said: "The costs are staggering – this is bringing the NHS to its knees."
"The lifestyle of the average Briton is increasingly based on snacks, junk food and ready meals, and most people just don't think about the huge damage this can cause".
Seem's like using junk food for comfort eating as a reward could be worse than the booze and Cigs
Maybe a visit to weight watchers is in order.
Junk food Britain costs the NHS more than cigarettes and alcohol
Britain's unhealthy eating habits are costing the NHS more than the combined impact of cigarettes and alcohol, a new study has found.
Junk food is now costing the NHS more than cigarettes and alcohol, research suggests. Photo: GETTY
By Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent 9:45AM BST 15 May 2011
12 Comments
A rising tide of diseases caused by poor diet and couch potato lifestyles are costing the health service around £12bn a year – almost twice the £6.6bn spent on ill health linked to smoking and alcohol, according to research by experts from Oxford University and the World Health Organisation.
The paper, published in the Journal of Public Health, says obesity and poor diet now place "the largest economic burden" on the NHS of all lifestyle choices.
Experts said that while the individual health risks of smoking and excess drinking are high, resulting in billions spent treating liver disease and lung cancer, the far higher numbers of people eating a poor diet had a bigger overall impact on NHS costs.
The percentage of adults who smoke has almost halved since the 1970s, while obesity levels have quadrupled, with one in four adults now classed as obese.
Obesity and poor diet are linked to heart disease, most cancers, diabetes and stroke, among other diseases.
RELATED ARTICLES
GPs 'miss a third of cancer cases' 14 May 2011
Greed not laziness explains obesity 09 May 2009
Children will be given shopping vouchers for walking to school 28 Nov 2010
Taxpayers should 'bribe' obese to lose weight 26 Sep 2010
Ellen Mason, from the British Heart Foundation, said: "The number of people smoking has fallen a lot in recent decades, and although alcohol is a big problem for some people, when you are looking at numbers, diet – and the poor diet – is the thing that affects most people."
The senior cardiac nurse said a generation who did not know how to cook, and a widespread reliance on junk food, meant the average diet contained levels of fat and sugar that increased the risks of many diseases.
She said: "For a lot of people, the problem is eating too much, and obesity is linked to a host of health problems – but there are other people who look slim and healthy, yet the salt and fat content of their diet puts them at risk of stroke, heart disease and other risks from high blood pressure."
The research, led by Prof Peter Scarborough, from Oxford University's department of public health, and funded by the British Heart Foundation, estimates the costs of smoking related diseases at £3.3bn, with the same cost placed on treatments linked to alcohol.
Tam Fry, from the National Obesity Form, said the cost of treating diseases linked to Britain's eating habits was now threatening to overwhelm health service budgets.
He said: "The costs are staggering – this is bringing the NHS to its knees."
"The lifestyle of the average Briton is increasingly based on snacks, junk food and ready meals, and most people just don't think about the huge damage this can cause".
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