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Inside Health: Obesity and smoking, Blood pressure, ADHD

13/09/2016

Obesity and smoking, Blood pressure, ADHD

BBC Radio 4 - Inside Health, Obesity and smoking, Blood pressure, ADHD

Obesity and smoking, should blood pressure targets get lower? And medicating ADHD.

Is it useful to compare obesity and smoking? Should blood pressure targets get lower? After a rise of medicating for ADHD over 25 years, the numbers have now plateaued - why?

Is it useful as a public health message to compare obesity and smoking? Controversy in Rome behind a new trial that suggested Blood Pressure targets should get lower. And after a rise of medicating for ADHD over 25 years, the numbers of prescriptions for children has now plateaued. Is this a good news story or is there something more complicated behind the change in trend?

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