Obesity is a £47bn annual problem for Britain - NHS to get obese Britons back to shape

#waistline #NHS #obesity #diabetes The growing waistlines is a major worry for the NHS and they are working out probable methods of how to get the obese Britons back to shape. That is a target for 2015.
Obesity costs Britain nearly £47bn annually and with this disease on the rise in the UK, health authorities are rolling out a new program that will be aimed at getting the nation back in shape through a better diet and more exercise. Under this scheme, GPs in England will be directed to monitor patients who are putting on weight and offer them help to stop them becoming obese.
The amount of £47bn annually is more than the cost incurred by Britain on war and terrorism. Based on a report from the European Commission, it is revealed that the obesity rate in the UK has increased over the past decade. It is now the second highest in the EU after Hungary.
Therefore, NHS will undertake a program through which thousands of people at risk of diabetes will be offered support to improve their health. Incidentally, there are reported to be over three million people in the UK who have diabetes.
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has remarked that even a couple of decades back, such a situation did not exist. In order to combat this, it is necessary for parents, schools and the food industry must act together to reverse the trend. The European Court of Justice has recently ruled that people who are obese could also be considered as disabled.

suicide is not a solution

Suicide prone individuals are continuously on the rise. The disease has struck persons from all walks of life and the victims are of any age from five to ninety five. It is the ultimate path one chooses when he or she finds it impossible to adjust to changed scenarios. When expectations are not met, people begin to brood, they lose interest in life and the final result is the untimely loss of one more life – a life that could have been saved. Illnesses, sudden loss of wealth, loss of face, reprimanding of children, inability to live upto expectations of elders, failure to accept changes in work life – these are but a few of the reasons that ends in suicide. With that objective, this section has been opened – anyone can send in his or her experiences in dealing with suicide prone individuals so that others can share the knowledge. Or – if you happen to be someone who wanted to take your own life but,, finally, did not – these would be of great help to others.

CHILD HELPLINESA toll free 24-hour telephone help line 1098 for children in distress can be accessed in 72 cities of the country. This number can be available by any child or concerned adult on his or her behalf.

This helpline, easily remembered in Hindi as “Dus, Nau, Aath”, is presently working in the following 72 cities: Agartala, Aurangabad, Chennai, Guwahati, Kanchipuram, Kozhikode, Nadia, Pune, South 24 Paraganas, Varanasi, Shimla, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Kanyakumari, Kutch, Nagapattinam, Puri, Thiruvananthapuram, Vijayawada, Ludhiana, Ahmednagar, Baroda, Cuddalore, Imphal, Karaikal, Lucknow, Nagpur, Rourkela, Thirunelveli, Vishakhapatnam, Akola, Bhopal, Delhi, Indore, Kochi, Mangalore, Nasik, Ranchi, Thrissur, Waynad, Allahabad, Bhubaneshwar, East Midanapore Jammu, Kolkata, Madurai, New Jalpaiguri, Salem, Tiruchirapalli, West Midnapore, Alwar, Chandigarh, Goa, Jaipur, Kollam, Mumbai, Patna, Shillong, Udaipur, Agra, Amarawati, Cuddalore, Gorakhpur, Kalyan, Kota, Murshidabad Port Blair, Sholapur, Ujjain and Gurgaon.

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Makkala Sahaya Vani responds to calls ranging from :- Counselling for emotional problems, On harrassment, exploitation and sexual abuse, shelter for lost / missing children and to reunite them with families, Legal Medical services, Calls from public and parents of children who are mentally and physically handicapped, Children denied of their earnings, Children who just want to speak to MSV. An initiative of the Bangalore City Police to attend to the problems of children was established in the premises of the office of the Commissioner of Police on 30th December 1997. This is a helpline for children with a toll free telephone No.1091.

http://www.onlinebangalore.com/gove/banp/bangpol5a.html

Child Line is a 24 hour emergency phone service for children in difficult circumstances. Any child in crisis can dial 1098 free of cost and speak to a friendly, experienced counsellor. The service seeks to aid any child below the age of 18 who is injured, sick, exploited, abused, in danger, or lonely. They may be street children living on the pavement or railway station, or normal children with normal families. Parents often call in search of a missing child.

http://www.i-indiaonline.com/prog_childline.htm

HELPLINES FOR WOMEN

With an increase in the number of crimes committed against women, the police have opened several help lines which can be contacted for immediate assistance. Whether it is eve teasing or harassment at work or in the confines of the home or even in public place, on the roads or in buses or trains, dialing the toll free numbers is the only way to tackle the growing menace.

Women's helpline launched in Mumbai

The women in distress can call the helpline number '1298', which in turn is connected to around 16 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) including the Maharashtra State Women's Council and report their problem.

http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20080129/878569.html

Mumbai Police introduces women helpline No. 103

From this February 25, if any woman gets any physical and mental harassment, can dial 103 and it will reach directly at the police control room. … The police in Mumbai have also introduced a helpline No. 1090 for senior citizens. This helpline is operated by the Mumbai police.

http://www.samachaar.in/Mumbai/Mumbai_Police_introduces_women_helpline_No._103_25527/

Stay safe, girl!

It's best to just dial 100 if you are in trouble, especially after 8 pm. The women's helpline, Vanitha Sahaya Vani (1091), at the office of the police commissioner is open from only 8 am to 8 pm.

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HELPLINES FOR THOSE IN DISTRESS

Students in distress can turn to following help lines of Mumbai -

Mindtemple - 022 - 32421111 (10 to 6 pm)
Avishkar - 022 - 24227515 (10 to 6 pm)
Aasra - 022 - 27546669 (3 to 9 pm)