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Social Trends draws together social and economic data to provide a comprehensive guide to UK society and how it has been changing

Chapter 7: Health indicates that although we are living longer, we are spending more years in poor health. Initiatives for promoting healthy lifestyles and diet have had some impact, with higher proportions of girls and boys in England and Wales in 2006 having consumed at least five or more portions of fruit and vegetables per day than in 2004. Nevertheless, levels of obesity continue to rise in both children and adults and the proportion of alcohol-related deaths in the UK has more than doubled between 1991 and 2006.

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