This article was written by Dr. Farooq Ahmad, Head Researcher for California Medical Weight Management.
One of the most important outcomes of tremendous development made in health sciences over the past about 150 years has been the stretch in the life spans of people. For example, the life expectancy at birth for the overall US population was 46.3 years in 1900 and currently this figure is 78.7 years (2011) which shows the life span has almost doubled.
While having one's life prolonged is good news, the down side of it is that the older you grow, the more likely you are to live more years with the chronic diseases as well as general ill-effects of aging.
Chronic diseases like diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer are among the leading cause of death and disability in the U.S. The latest addition to this list is obesity which has been proved to be the mother of many chronic diseases.
Researchers Mark Wilson and Mathew Lee Smith are principal investigators for a study being conducted at University of Georgia, College of Public Health. It aims at improving opportunities to better manage the chronic illnesses of old age workers at the work places, "Obesity is also a major concern" says Wilson. The rates for obesity-related chronic conditions are rising among the younger adult population, which means they will live with chronic diseases and related symptoms for longer periods of time.
As a result, disease management is becoming an increasingly important part of maintaining a productive, competitive and ultimately healthy American workforce.
Wilson and Smith will lead a team of researchers to incorporate Stanford University's famous 'Chronic Disease Self-Management Program' (CDSMP) for increased use in workplaces. Given the fact that 67% of the US adults are overweight and 34% are obese, obesity related morbidity needs to be adequately addressed in the new version of CDSMP.
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