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Why The Nation Is Failing Its Health MoT – And Why 2018 Is The Time For Change

As an MoT on the nation’s health, it made depressing reading. A huge health survey of adults in England, just published by the NHS, found that 66 per cent of men and 57 per cent of women were overweight or obese while 42 per cent of women and 34 per cent of men were failing to meet the NHS’s recommended exercise levels of 150 minutes a week. Another 30 per cent of men and 16 per cent of women were drinking more than 14 units of alcohol a week, the recommended limit.

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