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Diabetes

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    Ongoing pandemic disruption causing 7,000 diabetes deaths per year

    by Nic Paton 10 May 2023
    by Nic Paton 10 May 2023

    As many as 7,000 people in England with diabetes are dying unnecessarily each year because of post-pandemic backlogs, delays, and...

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    Closed-loop diabetes devices ‘life-changing’, but shouldn’t replace screening

    by Nic Paton 3 May 2023
    by Nic Paton 3 May 2023

    New glucose-monitoring diabetes devices are creating “life-changing benefits”, but aren’t a silver bullet and should not replace screening, the charity...

    • Occupational Health
    • Diabetes
    • Health surveillance

    Study makes link between ethnicity, type 1 diabetes and sight loss

    by Nic Paton 18 Apr 2023
    by Nic Paton 18 Apr 2023

    People of African Caribbean ethnicity and with type 1 diabetes are at greater risk of losing their sight and therefore...

    • Diabetes
    • Occupational Health
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    ‘Escalating crisis’ as more than five million have diabetes

    by Nic Paton 14 Apr 2023
    by Nic Paton 14 Apr 2023

    The UK is in the grip of a “rapidly escalating diabetes crisis”, with the number of people living with diabetes...

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    Half of world could be overweight by 2035

    by Nic Paton 3 Mar 2023
    by Nic Paton 3 Mar 2023

    Half the world will be overweight or obese within 12 years if prevention, treatment and support do not improve.
    The...

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    Night work and its association with metabolic syndrome

    by Nyran Bird 4 Jan 2023
    by Nyran Bird 4 Jan 2023

    Night work is associated with a host of health risks, due to disruptions to the circadian rhythm. Here's what occupational health professionals need to know.

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    Five ways employers can reduce diabetes-related absence

    by Ian Wharton 18 Nov 2022
    by Ian Wharton 18 Nov 2022

    With diabetes likely to become more prevalent in future, organisations must ensure employees are able to manage the condition effectively...

    • Diabetes
    • Occupational Health
    • Disability

    Lockdowns blamed for rising diabetes in under-40s

    by Nic Paton 4 Nov 2022
    by Nic Paton 4 Nov 2022

    The number of people aged under 40 with type 2 diabetes has jumped by almost a quarter, with the effects...

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    Eating within set time window can improve shift workers’ health

    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Oct 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Oct 2022

    Eating within a restricted time window during the day may help improve shift workers' health, a study has found.

    • Fit for Work
    • Diabetes
    • Occupational Health

    Obesity costing economy and NHS billions each year

    by Nic Paton 19 Jul 2022
    by Nic Paton 19 Jul 2022

    Obesity is costing the UK £74bn every year in direct NHS costs, lost workforce productivity and reduced life expectancy.

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    Obesity prevalence projections show 36% will be obese by 2040

    by Ashleigh Webber 20 May 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 20 May 2022

    UK obesity prevalence projections show that nearly four in 10 adults will be obese by 2040.

    • Occupational Health
    • Diabetes
    • Obesity

    Shift workers: knowing the diet-related health risks

    by Sue Baic 12 May 2022
    by Sue Baic 12 May 2022

    Which factors might contribute to diet-related health risks in shift workers?

    • Conditions
    • Diabetes
    • Occupational Health

    NHS programme reduces Type 2 diabetes diagnoses by 7%

    by Nic Paton 28 Mar 2022
    by Nic Paton 28 Mar 2022

    The NHS’s Diabetes Prevention Programme reduced new diagnoses of Type 2 diabetes in England by 7% between 2018 and 2019.

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    Employer focus on stress risks overlooking heart health

    by Nic Paton 21 Mar 2022
    by Nic Paton 21 Mar 2022

    Employers are so focused on managing and supporting stress and mental ill health in the workplace that they risk overlooking...

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    • Stress
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    Two-thirds of shift workers feel health affected by their work

    by Nic Paton 18 Mar 2022
    by Nic Paton 18 Mar 2022

    More than two-thirds (68%) of UK shift workers feel the hours they work or the pattern of their roster is...

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