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UK Health system is under severe pressure on multiple fronts

The future health of millions of children, the sustainability of the NHS, and the economic prosperity of Britain all now depend on a radical upgrade in prevention and public health. Twelve years ago Derek Wanless’ health review [2] warned that unless the country took prevention seriously we would be faced with a sharply rising burden of avoidable illness. That warning has not been heeded – and the NHS is on the hook for the consequences. [1]

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UK Health system is under severe pressure on multiple fronts
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National Health Service
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HM Treasury
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Policy process struggles to address multi-factor, systemic problems
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Disproportionate financial power and resources of the industrial lobby
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Institutional inertia
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Personal resistance to change
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Cognitive bias
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Crisis fatigue and despondency about the potential for change
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Current incentives are mis-aligned
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Debate on obesity is polarized and antagonistic
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Epigenetic transmission
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Obesogenic environment damps impact of individual changes
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