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Rising obesity 'pushes up diabetes'Date: 23/10/2007 15:22:32
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A new government report about health in England reveals life expectancy has improved significantly in the past ten years, although diabetes, obesity and alcohol-related illness are rising.
Nowadays a baby girl can expect to live until 81 and a boy to around 77, nearly two and a half years longer than just a decade ago. However there is still a clear divide between northerners and southerners, with the former living between two and two and a half years less than their compatriots.
The report also shows areas in need of improvement such as obesity rates. Between 1995 and 2005, obesity rose by 40 per cent for men and 50 per cent for children. It is now the highest in Europe. Diabetes is also a concern as the overall rate increased from 5.8 per cent of the population to 8.4 per cent in six years.
However, public health minister Dawn Primarolo stays positive about the health outcome in England. Quoted by the BBC, she explained: "We are improving much faster in areas such as circulatory disease and cancer than the European average and delivering better treatment to more people than ever. But we know there is much more to do."
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