CHD prevention found to be a hard task for GPs - 14/06/2010

According to the report, physical inactivity, overweight and obesity, and high cholesterol affect over 50% of adults, while smoking and high BP affect 20–35% of adults. In some cases the prevalence of risk factors is increasing, with obesity prevalence rising from 11% of adults in 1995 to
24% in 2007–08.
 

GPs also managed risk factors with 50 million prescriptions for BP lowering medications and 21 milion lipid-lowering drugs, the report notes.
Nevertheless, the diseases still account for around a quarter of the burden of disease in Australia, and just under twothirds of all deaths.

To read more about this report click here.
 

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