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Posts tagged with 'obesity'

Sleep apnea: how is it recognised & what can be done about it?

29th April 2016

I have already written a couple of posts on sleep apnea -"Sleep apnea - what is it, how common is it and how does it affect mortality & physical health?" and "Sleep apnea - how does it affect psychological health?". In this third & last post of the sequence, I'll …

Sleep apnea - how does it affect psychological health?

23rd April 2016

I have already written a first post "Sleep apnea - what is it, how common is it and how does it affect mortality & physical health?" which highlights that sleep apnea is a common, regularly unrecognised disorder, occurring in approaching 1 in 5 adults and that, particularly as it becomes …

Sleep apnea - what is it, how common is it and how does it affect mortality & physical health?

12th April 2016

Sleep apnea is a common, but frequently unrecognised, contributor to psychological difficulties and to health problems more generally. I would like to look at a series of questions about this disorder - what is it, how common is it, why is it important, how do you recognise it, and what …

Effective weight loss: a wake-up call and a personal story

31st May 2013

I was talking to an old friend recently and I remarked on how well he was looking. He said he had lost two stone in weight and his waist circumference had gone down from 42 to 34 inches. Wow! I was very interested to hear how he had done it …

BABCP spring meeting: workshop and conference - an introduction (1st post)

6th April 2013

I have just been in Belfast for the BABCP Spring workshops & conference. My mind is still buzzing from all the input. It was exciting. I went to Arnoud Arntz's workshop on Schema-Focused Therapy. I have been to several training days with Arnoud before, but it was helpful getting an …

Health crisis for Britain's middle-aged

10th September 2011

Ouch, a very interesting international health survey, that has just been released, reports: "Middle-aged Britons are experiencing a mid-life health crisis, according to new research from Bupa, which shows that those aged 45-54 are more likely to be obese, more likely to smoke and more likely to suffer from depression …

"Be the change you want to see in the world"

17th October 2010

"No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main." John Donne In a yesterday's blog post "Cooperative behaviour cascades in social networks", I wrote about how generous and selfish acts can spread through a social network. In today's …