Increasing healthy life expectancy equitably in England by 5 years by 2035: could it be achieved?

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Authors
  Marteau, Theresa
  White, Martin
  Rutter, Harry
Petticrew, Mark
Mytton, Oliver T
McGowan, James G
Aldridge, Robert W
Publication Date
2019-06-27
Journal Title
Lancet (London, England)
ISSN
0140-6736
Publisher
The Lancet Publishing Group
Volume
393
Issue
10191
Pages
2571-2573
Language
eng
Type
Article
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Marteau, T., White, M., Rutter, H., Petticrew, M., Mytton, O. T., McGowan, J. G., & Aldridge, R. W. (2019). Increasing healthy life expectancy equitably in England by 5 years by 2035: could it be achieved?. Lancet (London, England), 393 (10191), 2571-2573. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(19)31510-7
Abstract
In 2018, the UK Government’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care articulated an ambition to increase healthy life expectancy by five years by 2035 for England, while also reducing the gap in this between the rich and the poor1. While we doubt that England – or indeed any high-income country – could achieve this ambition, we describe a set of policies with the potential to make a significant contribution.
Keywords
Humans, Diet, Life Expectancy, Alcohol Drinking, Life Style, Health Policy, Adolescent, Adult, Health Promotion, England, Female, Male, Young Adult, Tobacco Use, Health Equity
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Department of Health (via National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)) (NF-SI-0616-10019)
MRC (MR/K023187/1)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(19)31510-7
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/294002

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