Lifestyle change: the problem and the solution

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Lifestyle change the problem and the
solution Louise Brown Unilever Corporate
Research
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Urbanisation
Lifestyle change the problem
High caloric diets Sedentary Stress Sleep
deprivation
OBESITY
Incidence of adult obesity (and overweight) in
the UK
1994 2003
Men 13.8 22.9 (65.4) Women 17.3 23.4
(55.5)
Health Survey for England, 2003
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Lifestyle change the problem
Impact of obesity

• Mortality - risk of premature death
• Morbidity - diabetes, heart disease,
  hypertension, some cancers, breathing problems,
  ischemic stroke, arthritis, reproductive
  problems
• Type 2 diabetes (UK - projections)

• -3m (6) by 2010
• -6 NHS budget in 2010 on complications of T2DM
  alone

2004 White Paper, "Choosing Health"
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Diet Health
Leave your drugs in the chemists pot if you can
heal the patient with food Hippocrates
c460-c360 BC
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Lifestyle change the solution
Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)
Control Placebo Drug Metformin (850mg twice a
day) Lifestyle Facilitated lifestyle change
aimed at reducing weight by 7 through a low-fat
diet and exercising for 150 minutes per
week Both control and drug groups received
general information on diet and exercise.
Control
Drug
Lifestyle
Knowler et al., 2002
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Nutrition enhancement programme- assess all
products against nutrition bench marks based on
national and WHO/FAO guidelines
Unilever

• Mandatory process enhance nutritional quality
• Linked to making product claims
• 16,000 products already assessed
• In 2005 we will take out 14,000 tons of trans
  fat 6,200 tons of saturated fat 1,900 tons of
  sodium 6,000 tons of sugar from our global
  foods portfolio

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