There’s
an App
for That
Lower BP
Later in
Life in Fit
Teens
25
The additional minutes of exercise per day
gained by patients who used smartphone
reminders to improve sedentary behavior.
In this pilot study, the smartphone reminders included information about the health
risks of sitting too much and encouraged
standing up and moving.
Source: American Cancer Society. News release. Jan.
25, 2016.
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The increased chance of high blood pressure
later in life in overweight and inactive teens.
Even thin teens are still at risk if their fitness
levels are low.
Source: Crump C, Sundquis Jt, Winkleby MA, Sundquist K. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.7444.
Home Visits
for the
Heart
41%
The reduction in rehospitalizations in heart
patients who received in-home visits from
physician assistants after leaving the hospital
compared to those who did not. These visits
cost $23,500, but saved $977,500 in hospital
readmission costs.
Source: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. News release.
Jan. 26, 2016.
New Research on
Salt Consumption
Is Tough to Swallow
How Accurate
Is BMI?
75 million
The number of Americans who have BMI numbers that do not reflect their health status. The study
found that 54 million Americans who’s BMI classes them as overweight and obese are healthy according to cardiometabolic measures, while 21 million who’s BMI puts them in the normal category
are unhealthy.
90%
Source: Tomiyama AJ, Hunger JM, Nguyen-Cuu J, Wells C. International Journal of Obesity. 2016;doi:10.1038/ijo.2016.17.
The amount of American children who
consume sodium amounts above the
recommended limits in the recently released
dietary guidelines.
More Americans
Celebrating More Birthdays
72,197
The number of Americans in 2014 who were over the age of
100, a 44% increase from 2000. Death rates for this population
were on the rise between 2000 and 2008, but that has since
changed, according to a recent study. Heart disease is still the
leading cause of death in these patients.
Source: Xu J. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Data brief number 233. Jan. 2016
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89%
When it comes to adults, 89% consume too
much sodium. The guidelines recommend
limiting sodium to less than 2,300 mg per
day for people over the age of 14 and less for
those who are younger.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
News release. Jan. 7, 2016.
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