Friday, September 23, 2011

Health snip: Canadian sweetness, European mental wellness..

Canada: People eat 26 teaspoonfuls of sugar every day.   Globe and Mail 22nd September 2011. Page L1.  26 teaspoonfuls of sugar is the average amount consumed every day across the country. This includes sugar obtained both directly and that included in food. 


Europe: Psychiatric illness now the biggest source of ill health in Europe. (Journal of Euro. Neuro.2011.07) - around 165million people experience a mental disorder every year, though only around a third receive treatment.  Anxiety accounted for 14% of cases, followed by insomnia and depresson.  It is suggested that the treatment gap could he assisted by the use of non-specialists to deliver appropriate health interventions, a practiced used in some developing countries.