Tuesday, 10 February 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/feb/10/malnutrition-health-social-exclusion
Summary
Reports state that approximately 28% of UK citizens hospitalized are suffering from signs of malnutrition. That is over 3 milion people in Britain. Where obesity is a big, wellknown , problem in England, malnourishment is lesser known and does not have a lot of attention.
Said is that there should be more incentives for GP's and social workers to treat this disease at an earlier stage to make people avoid this dangerous weight loss. This is very important as 90% of the people with this illness live at home and should get familiarized with this topic. Mostly people who are socialy deprived and live in poor neighbourhoods are malnourished.
The report also says that hospitals should improve their weighing equipment, become more aware of this growing problem and should recieve the proper training for it. This illness should not be played down as it is very serious and not easy to cure.
Opinion
It seems clear that malnutrition is as important to treat as obesity, too bad that there has not been a lot of facts known about this. It is good that people are now finaly starting to take notice of a growing problem such as malnourishment. It is a tough problem to tackle as this starts in the "safety' of their own homes. The best thing to do is to provide as much information on how to prevent this disease, and how to deal with it when you do suffer from it, to everyone. Most importantly to people living in poor neighbourhoods. Maybe when confronted with this information people will recognize themselves and start taking better care of oneself. Last, I think it is always good to provide the right equipment in a hospital and have your employees have proper training concerning various smatters.
dinsdag 10 februari 2009
"After the snow, rain and thaws cause flooding"
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
flooding-1605490.html
Summary
The UK has been struck by several weather conditions. First there were snow downpours, followed by heavy rain showers and thaws which led to flooding. This caused a lot of chaos; streets had to be closed due to the floods, there were collisions, people had to be rescued from their car, Bristol International Airport shut down. The street leading to the aiport was also closed as a result of its icy state. Causing people severe delays or even cancellations. Today there is expected to be blizzard conditions.
Opinion
It is hard to give my opinion on this article as it is just a display of facts. Truth is that the weather conditions seem pretty horrible. Causing people to be unable to go about their normal life. Going to work, holiday, school is not really easy so I think people will be happy when the conditions stabelize and they can get back to their every day life.
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