Stepping into a healthy lifestyle – Warwickshire County Council

Taking steps to lead a healthy lifestyle can benefit both physical and mental health now and in the future. Warwickshire County Council is offering tips, advice and support people to be as well as possible. Adopting a healthy lifestyle at any age can help people lead a healthier and happier life. People who exercise regularly have a lower risk of developing many long-term (chronic) conditions, such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and some cancers. Physical activity can also boost self-esteem, mood, sleep quality and energy, as well as reducing the risk of stress, clinical depression, dementia and Alzheimer’s…
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Over nearly 80 years, Harvard study has shown how to live a healthy and happy life — Harvard Gazette

A series on how Harvard researchers are tackling the problematic issues of aging. When scientists began tracking the health of 268 Harvard sophomores in 1938 during the Great Depression, they hoped the longitudinal study would reveal clues to leading healthy and happy lives. They got more than they wanted. After following the Crimson men’s survival for nearly 80 years as part of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the world’s longest studies of adult life, researchers have collected a cornucopia of data on their physical and mental health. Of the original Harvard cohort recruited as part of the…
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How Maldives is promoting healthy lifestyle choices to reverse the NCD burden

For Ali Mohammad, a 33-year-old property management worker who started smoking in his teens, the saying ‘health is wealth’ has special significance. After Maldives hiked import duties on tobacco products to 60% of retail price in May 2017, Ali made a potentially life-saving decision. “My health and pocket were suffering,” he explained. “Obviously, this was becoming a more and more costly habit for me. I decided to quit.” That is exactly the response Maldives’ Ministry of Health set out to encourage. As Health Minister Abdulla Nazim Ibrahim emphasized on World No Tobacco Day, “Smoking brings nothing but harm to everyone,”…
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