Mental health benefits from a healthy lifestyle
Health Minister Mark Drakeford discusses the evidence that draws a link between healthy behaviours and mental health
We are told time and time again that if we live well, eat well and look after ourselves, we can enjoy lengthening lives with increasingly robust health.
Without these good habits we all know we run a higher risk of Type 2 diabetes, cardiac disease, stroke, cancer and a host of other chronic conditions.
What we are possibly less aware of is a direct link between adopting a healthy lifestyle and our mental health – namely reducing the risk of dementia.
Healthy lifestyles based on non-smoking, a having a healthy weight, eating more fruit and vegetables, doing more physical activity, and drinking alcohol sensibly, have for some time been associated with improving health and reducing the risk of developing chronic diseases. However, until recently there was limited evidence on cognitive function and dementia.........
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