Dietary changes and exercise are the best ways to combat obesity
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Nursing Older People

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Dietary changes and exercise are the best ways to combat obesity

Ruth Sander Independent consultant in care of the older person
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The high prevalence of obesity is an enormous medical, social and economic burden. Central obesity, where there is excess fat around the abdomen, is accompanied by metabolic inflammation. This metabolic syndrome is associated with many problems, including raised blood lipids, decreased insulin sensitivity, hyperglycaemia and hypertension.

Nursing Older People. 29, 8, 11-11. doi: 10.7748/nop.29.8.11.s12

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29 September 2017 / Vol 29 issue 8

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