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Obesity-related hospital admissions have doubled in England during last four years

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Hospital admissions related to obesity have more than doubled in England during the last four years, according to new figures. NHS Digital has revealed that around 617,000 hospital appointments where obesity was a factor were recorded in 2016-17, rising from 292,000 in 2012-13. Obesity is significantly linked with type 2 diabetes and complications such as heart disease and stroke, and while these new findings are unnerving, it is possible to reduce these risks and lose weight safely through making healthy lifestyle changes. Eating a low carb diet has been shown on our Low Carb Program to help members with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes lose an average of 7kg one year after completing the program. Public Health England says it recognises obesity is a "significant challenge", additionally so because NHS Digital’s annual survey revealed growing obesity rates among children. The number of children who are obese upon beginning reception has increased from 4.5 to 6.8% during the last 10 years. In better news, the proportion of children meeting governmental physical activity guidelines rose from 21% in 2012 to 23% in 2015 for boys, and from 10% in 2012 to 20% in 2015 for girls. Prof Russell Viner, president of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said: "We know that obese children are likely to go on to be obese in adulthood, which can result in serious conditions such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. "The increase in hospital admissions directly attributed to obesity is an indicator that this impact is already being seen." On Friday 6 April, the government’s sugar tax will come into effect, a levy designed to encourage food and drink manufacturers to reduce the sugar in their products. Many companies such as Irn-Bru have already reformulated their products, whereas others such as Coca-Cola have stuck with their original recipes and hiked the price. Sugar is predominantly linked with increased obesity rates, as well as causing insulin resistance which leads to type 2 diabetes. Earlier this year a Manchester hospital became the first to ban added sugar from its restaurant meals, and the NHS has also proposed plans to ban sugary drinks from hospitals.

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So obesity has given the nhs a problem. I think the obese caused by IR have the bigger problem as the nhs still doesn't recognise insulin creates fat cells.
Until they do then the nhs will be needed even more.
If professional sports people are struggling with type2 then what hope have we who have walking problems? Really?
Isn't the answer diet more than exercise and does the nhs recognise that too? Nope!
My bariatric team are mostly blind to these factors.
My dieticians have recognised how I need higher protein to prevent anaemia but are happy with using 'carbs and cals'.
So I'm feeling hopeful. :)

I think the nhs are starting to wake up.... slowly.
Maybe just in time for my recovery and support to keep my weight off. If not I'll still do low carb anyway. ;)
 
The 'Sugar Levy' on soft drinks which begins today is a start, but sugar is added to many processed foods, and these need to need to be cut too.
 
I noticed farm foods are selling 2 bags of sugar for £1.
They cannot give it away!!!!

Sugar may become illegal or treated as dangerous as tobacco, very soon.
 
Mr_Pot said:
About 85% of Type 2 diabetics are overweight so they definitely go hand in hand, what is disputed is which the cause or effect.
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That's labelling to some extent. I know a LOT of overweight people who are not diabetic so that reverses the argument. However I do agree that this sedentary lifestyle many kids lead is asking for trouble. Circular discussion ... parents, foods, sugars, zero sport? Goes on and on.
 
Prem51 said:
The 'Sugar Levy' on soft drinks which begins today is a start, but sugar is added to many processed foods, and these need to need to be cut too.
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And especially in savoury foods. I was looking at all the veg stock cubes and powders in Asda yesterday, and was horrified to see the amount of sugar in some of them.
 
Mr_Pot said:
If the number of people who are obese has dramatically increased does that mean our genes have changed?
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More overweight people are having babies. More gestational diabetes in pregnant women. More IR/diabetes's genes being multiplied. So more common in the youth. Exercise only plays a small part. Diet is the biggest influence (not cause or cure) just influence. Insulin circulation is the problem not sugar normally but glucose from carbs triggers insulin.
Insulin resistance is in us all but in different grades. Which is influenced by our genes as to how we process it and which grade is detrimental.
 
ickihun said:
More overweight people are having babies. More gestational diabetes in pregnant women. More IR/diabetes's genes being multiplied. So more common in the youth. Exercise only plays a small part. Diet is the biggest influence (not cause or cure) just influence. Insulin circulation is the problem not sugar normally but glucose from carbs triggers insulin.
Insulin resistance is in us all but in different grades. Which is influenced by our genes as to how we process it and which grade is detrimental.
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This thread is about hospital admissions related to obesity doubling in 4 years. I can't see how this is due to genetics as it would take at least a generation for genes to change.
 
There seems to be a flaw in the logic of the article.

There are more obese people. Therefore more of the people being treated in hospitals will be obese. We do not yet know how many people who are being treated became obese due to their illnesses, rather than the other way round. Therefore the article is misleading and inaccurate.

"The increase in hospital admissions directly attributed to obesity is an indicator that this impact is already being seen."
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However, it does not say what these specific admissions are, and how they are caused by obesity.

Obesity is significantly linked with type 2 diabetes and complications such as heart disease and stroke, and while these new findings are unnerving, it is possible to reduce these risks and lose weight safely through making healthy lifestyle changes.
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Have they filtered out all of those admitted who do not have any obesity, including TOFI people in both the figures quoted and in previous year in order to make a proper comparison? I think not.

we already know that obesity is a symptom and effect of having type 2 diabetes for many people. We know that a high carb diet, also causing obesity, including TOFI, increases the risk of heart diseases and strokes.

Once again, it is blaming the symptom, not the illness.
 
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