Move a Little and Live Much More

Encouraging results from a collaborative European study: http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/early/2015/01/14/ajcn.114.100065.full.pdf+html

For 12 years, the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition followed

334,161 men and women (21,438 died)

Lack of physical activity 2X premature deaths vs obesity

Daily 20 minute brisk walking moderately inactive

Moderately inactive 16% - 30% less chance of mortality vs inactive

independent of BMI and waist circumference

22.7% were in inactive group

Inactive no recreational activity sedentary occupation

Using recent European mortality data of 9.2 million deaths:

Obesity 337,000 Inactivity 676,000

UK PCP EHRs from 2005 to 2012 show no weight management intervention in:

90% of overweight & 59% of morbidly obese patients

How can doctors help these patients?

Identify the underlying cause of the weight gain.

Provide education on how excess weight negatively affects

management of other diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure.

Develop a personalized therapeutic plan to include: Physical activity program, behavior modification and

improving diet and nutrition.

Other sources: Inactivity More Deadly Than Obesity, Large New Study Finds http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/838209?nlid=74626_2981&src=wnl_edit_dail&uac=211686SR#vp_2 Primary Care Physicians Rarely Treat Obesity, http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/838037

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