non communicable disease - CVD in UK

No. Uk CVD

7.1 million people

Direct strateigies from Govt

statins, stents, r+d, funding for medication and treatments

Govt invested into research on CHD

£166m

how much into research into strokes

£56m

Indirect strateigie

smoking ban, traffic light food labelling, salt level targets for food companies

NHS provided

advice risk factors, eat wel blogs ect

teenager

100 calorie snack campaign

Direct - NGOS

Heart instituion, research effects of smoking on health

Heart research Institution

HRI

HRI also

improved artificial stents, preventing immune system rejection

Indirect - NGOS

WHF+ WHO

promoting education around the world on

risk factors etc

WHF

World heart day r

WHF did what?

raised awareness of CVD

WHO +WHF aim for

25% reduction in premature deaths by 2025.

NHS spent

6.8bn treating in 2012/13 sggests s

2013

300 million prescriptions dispensed, increaasing year upon year

2015, 60% Adults

overwieght, 20% y6 kids obese

1/3 of 10-11 year olds were

overweight or obese

indirect only work if

death rates have decreased, from most common cause of death to

2nd most common

death rates halved from

160,000 to 80,000 since 1961

could indirect igtigation be more towards tackling

poverty to reduce amount of cheap foods etc?

traffic light lanbels, vgood as

no cost for the govt