Getting older: Impact of ageing on US, Latin America, Europe, Japan, China

Aging impact on America, Canada and Latin America. Retirement, older workers, social care, medicare budgets. Obesity impact on future of food industry, prevention of weight problems, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Food and drink for health, disease prevention and to improve life expectancy, so food becomes a health product. Worries about obesity and impact on food and beverage sales, consumer choice, product formulation. Retail food sales and fast food outlets are all affected by move to healthier products. Marketing shift to providing information to customers so that they can make informed choices. Food regulation -- safety, nutrition, obesity risks, healthy diet. Video made at Femsa event -- Patrick Dixon conference keynote speaker.

Food and Drink Industry, Health, Nutrition and Obesity, consumers, custo...

Obesity impact on future of food industry, prevention of weight problems, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Rapid growth in numbers of obese babies, children and young adults. Demographic impact of 1 billion children and their parents. Demand for bottled water by worried parents. Huge growth in low carb sparking beverages, fruit drinks, soft drinks, carbonated beverages with nutritional benefit. Trends in sales of low sugar drinks, with nutrition labeling, Coca-Cola sales, added vitamins, antioxidants. Future of beverages industry. Food and drink for health, disease prevention and to improve life expectancy, so food becomes a health product. Worries about obesity and impact on food and beverage sales, consumer choice, product formulation. Retail food sales and fast food outlets are all affected by move to healthier products. Marketing shift to providing information to customers so that they can make informed choices. Food regulation -- safety, nutrition, obesity risks, healthy diet. Video made at Femsa event -- Patrick Dixon conference keynote speaker.

Stop Getting Older - Anti-ageing research - stay young. Future Health -...

Antiageing therapies, science and research -- how to stop your biological clock. 65% of health care spending on people over 65 years old. Aging process -- physiology of aging and remedies, antiaging therapies. How to stay young. 7 key mechanisms of ageing in human cells. How we share common aging processes with many other animals. Shared genetic code and cell structures. Non-aging fish and whales. Genetic basis of ageing and aging as a treatable condition. Genetic damage inside nucleus of cell, damage to mitochondrial DNA. From health to performance, from sickness to wellness. Better memory, more energy, better sexual performance - Future of health care. Patrick Dixon is a health care keynote speaker at many health conferences. How patients, clients, over the counter therapy customers, and consumers of health care products will manage their own treatment. Patient choice and public health policy changes with government budget health cuts, health care rationing, post code lotteries. Private and public funding for health care treatment. How doctors and nurses will manage patients who often know more about their own medical condition, have made their own diagnosis, have made decisions about their own treatment (patient autonomy). Impact on over the counter pharmaceutical industry, chemists, drug stores, pharmacies and retail sales of health related products. Wellbeing, disease prevention, health promotion, vitamin and health supplements, dietary supplements. Future of the pharmaceutical industry with non-prescription medicines, remedies, therapies, drugs. Prescribing new treatments using new diagnostic tools, and patient clinical care pathways. Health policy development by governments, and health insurance companies. Patient survival and increase in life expectancy with early diagnosis and treatment using equipment bought by consumers for home use. Future of the NHS and national health service, medicare in America. Funding of health care in future -- people expected to fund their own health needs.

Stop getting old - science of ageing - how to stay young. Health keynot...

Mitochondria research -- improving memory, energy levels, use of food to create power inside cells. Antiageing therapies, science and research -- how to stop your biological clock. 65% of health care spending on people over 65 years old. Aging process -- physiology of aging and remedies, antiaging therapies. How to stay young. 7 key mechanisms of ageing in human cells. How we share common aging processes with many other animals. Shared genetic code and cell structures. Non-aging fish and whales. Genetic basis of ageing and aging as a treatable condition. Genetic damage inside nucleus of cell, damage to mitochondrial DNA. From health to performance, from sickness to wellness. Better memory, more energy, better sexual performance - Future of health care. Patrick Dixon is a health care keynote speaker at many health conferences. How patients, clients, over the counter therapy customers, and consumers of health care products will manage their own treatment. Patient choice and public health policy changes with government budget health cuts, health care rationing, post code lotteries. Private and public funding for health care treatment. How doctors and nurses will manage patients who often know more about their own medical condition, have made their own diagnosis, have made decisions about their own treatment (patient autonomy). Impact on over the counter pharmaceutical industry, chemists, drug stores, pharmacies and retail sales of health related products. Wellbeing, disease prevention, health promotion, vitamin and health supplements, dietary supplements. Future of the pharmaceutical industry with non-prescription medicines, remedies, therapies, drugs. Prescribing new treatments using new diagnostic tools, and patient clinical care pathways. Health policy development by governments, and health insurance companies. Patient survival and increase in life expectancy with early diagnosis and treatment using equipment bought by consumers for home use. Future of the NHS and national health service, medicare in America. Funding of health care in future -- people expected to fund their own health needs.

Alternative Therapies and Treatments - Physicians and Pharmaceutical Ind...

Alternative medicine, therapies, homeopathy, chiropractice, Antiageing therapies, science and research -- how to stop your biological clock. unmet medical needs. Traditional healers and herbal remedies. 65% of health care spending on people over 65 years old. Aging process -- physiology of aging and remedies, antiaging therapies. How to stay young. 7 key mechanisms of ageing in human cells. How we share common aging processes with many other animals. Shared genetic code and cell structures. Non-aging fish and whales. Genetic basis of ageing and aging as a treatable condition. Genetic damage inside nucleus of cell, damage to mitochondrial DNA. From health to performance, from sickness to wellness. Better memory, more energy, better sexual performance - Future of health care. Patrick Dixon is a health care keynote speaker at many health conferences. How patients, clients, over the counter therapy customers, and consumers of health care products will manage their own treatment. Patient choice and public health policy changes with government budget health cuts, health care rationing, post code lotteries. Private and public funding for health care treatment. How doctors and nurses will manage patients who often know more about their own medical condition, have made their own diagnosis, have made decisions about their own treatment (patient autonomy). Impact on over the counter pharmaceutical industry, chemists, drug stores, pharmacies and retail sales of health related products. Wellbeing, disease prevention, health promotion, vitamin and health supplements, dietary supplements. Future of the pharmaceutical industry with non-prescription medicines, remedies, therapies, drugs. Prescribing new treatments using new diagnostic tools, and patient clinical care pathways. Health policy development by governments, and health insurance companies. Patient survival and increase in life expectancy with early diagnosis and treatment using equipment bought by consumers for home use. Future of the NHS and national health service, medicare in America. Funding of health care in future -- people expected to fund their own health needs.

Get More Energy! Treatment for tiredeness, fatigue: Mitochondria researc...

Mitochondria research – improving memory, energy levels, use of food to create power inside cells. Treatments for chronic tiredeness and chronic fatigue syndrome. Antiageing therapies, science and research – how to stop your biological clock. 65% of health care spending on people over 65 years old. Aging process – physiology of aging and remedies, antiaging therapies. How to stay young. 7 key mechanisms of ageing in human cells. How we share common aging processes with many other animals. Shared genetic code and cell structures. Non-aging fish and whales. Genetic basis of ageing and aging as a treatable condition. Genetic damage inside nucleus of cell, damage to mitochondrial DNA. From health to performance, from sickness to wellness. Better memory, more energy, better sexual performance - Future of health care. Patrick Dixon is a health care keynote speaker at many health conferences. How patients, clients, over the counter therapy customers, and consumers of health care products will manage their own treatment. Patient choice and public health policy changes with government budget health cuts, health care rationing, post code lotteries. Private and public funding for health care treatment. How doctors and nurses will manage patients who often know more about their own medical condition, have made their own diagnosis, have made decisions about their own treatment (patient autonomy). Impact on over the counter pharmaceutical industry, chemists, drug stores, pharmacies and retail sales of health related products. Wellbeing, disease prevention, health promotion, vitamin and health supplements, dietary supplements. Future of the pharmaceutical industry with non-prescription medicines, remedies, therapies, drugs. Prescribing new treatments using new diagnostic tools, and patient clinical care pathways. Health policy development by governments, and health insurance companies. Patient survival and increase in life expectancy with early diagnosis and treatment using equipment bought by consumers for home use. Future of the NHS and national health service, medicare in America. Funding of health care in future – people expected to fund their own health needs.

Ageing nations - social and health impact of demographics - economy and ...

Anti Ageing: Stop Your Biological Clock-- Future Health Care Speaker

Antiageing therapies, science and research -- how to stop your biological clock. 65% of health care spending on people over 65 years old. Aging process -- physiology of aging and remedies, antiaging therapies. How to stay young. 7 key mechanisms of ageing in human cells. How we share common aging processes with many other animals. Shared genetic code and cell structures. Non-aging fish and whales. Genetic basis of ageing and aging as a treatable condition. Genetic damage inside nucleus of cell, damage to mitochondrial DNA. From health to performance, from sickness to wellness. Better memory, more energy, better sexual performance - Future of health care. Patrick Dixon is a health care keynote speaker at many health conferences. How patients, clients, over the counter therapy customers, and consumers of health care products will manage their own treatment. Patient choice and public health policy changes with government budget health cuts, health care rationing, post code lotteries. Private and public funding for health care treatment. How doctors and nurses will manage patients who often know more about their own medical condition, have made their own diagnosis, have made decisions about their own treatment (patient autonomy). Impact on over the counter pharmaceutical industry, chemists, drug stores, pharmacies and retail sales of health related products. Wellbeing, disease prevention, health promotion, vitamin and health supplements, dietary supplements. Future of the pharmaceutical industry with non-prescription medicines, remedies, therapies, drugs. Prescribing new treatments using new diagnostic tools, and patient clinical care pathways. Health policy development by governments, and health insurance companies. Patient survival and increase in life expectancy with early diagnosis and treatment using equipment bought by consumers for home use. Future of the NHS and national health service, medicare in America. Funding of health care in future -- people expected to fund their own health needs.

From treating sickness to wellbeing and performance - diagnosis, therapy...

From health to performance, from sickness to wellness. Future of health care. Patrick Dixon is a health care keynote speaker at many health conferences. How patients, clients, over the counter therapy customers, and consumers of health care products will manage their own treatment. Patient choice and public health policy changes with government budget health cuts, health care rationing, post code lotteries. Private and public funding for health care treatment. How doctors and nurses will manage patients who often know more about their own medical condition, have made their own diagnosis, have made decisions about their own treatment (patient autonomy). Impact on over the counter pharmaceutical industry, chemists, drug stores, pharmacies and retail sales of health related products. Wellbeing, disease prevention, health promotion, vitamin and health supplements, dietary supplements. Future of the pharmaceutical industry with non-prescription medicines, remedies, therapies, drugs. Prescribing new treatments using new diagnostic tools, and patient clinical care pathways. Health policy development by governments, and health insurance companies. How insurers are using new diagnostic tests to evaluate risks in health insurance underwriting processes. Patient survival and increase in life expectancy with early diagnosis and treatment using equipment bought by consumers for home use. Risks in self-diagnosis and self-treatment with delay in hospital admission for conditions such as cancer, stroke, heart attack. Issues of confidentiality and secrecy in self-testing kits where the patient knows more than their doctor, and fails to disclose key health information to their insurer before buying health insurance, or life insurance cover. Future of the NHS and national health service, medicare in America. Funding of health care in future -- people expected to fund their own health needs.

Physician safety overtaken by computer diagnosis -- Future Health Care S...

Future of health care. Diagnosis and treatment suggestions by computer -- computer-aided diagnostics will require doctors / physicians and nurses to change treatment decisions or risk medicolegal challenges, court cases, lawsuits, medical defence legal cases, because in areas like intensive care, computer aided clinical decisions may have better patient outcomes than clinicians making their own clinical decisions, regarding therapy, operations, invasive procedures and other treatments. Impact on medical training, medical school syllabus and value of medical knowledge. Patrick Dixon is a health care keynote speaker at many health conferences. Impact of Google and home testing kits for genetic disease, inherited medical conditions, HIV, Alzheimers, Parkinsons, Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis etc. How patients, clients, over the counter therapy customers, and consumers of health care products will manage their own treatment. Patient choice and public health policy changes with government budget health cuts, health care rationing, post code lotteries. How doctors and nurses will manage patients who often know more about their own medical condition, have made their own diagnosis, have made decisions about their own treatment (patient autonomy). Impact on over the counter pharmaceutical industry, chemists, drug stores, pharmacies and retail sales of health related products. Wellbeing, disease prevention, health promotion, vitamin and health supplements, dietary supplements. How computer aided diagnostics will change clinical management of many medical conditions in hospital, clinics and in community care settings. Health care management and allocation of resources will be influenced by community-based diagnostics. Computer programmes to decide treatment and therapy guidelines. Future of the pharmaceutical industry with non-prescription medicines, remedies, therapies, drugs. Prescribing new treatments using new diagnostic tools, and patient clinical care pathways. Health policy development by governments, and health insurance companies. How insurers are using new diagnostic tests to evaluate risks in health insurance underwriting processes. Patient survival and increase in life expectancy with early diagnosis and treatment using equipment bought by consumers for home use. Risks in self-diagnosis and self-treatment with delay in hospital admission for conditions such as cancer, stroke, heart attack. Issues of confidentiality and secrecy in self-testing kits where the patient knows more than their doctor, and fails to disclose key health information to their insurer before buying health insurance, or life insurance cover. Future of the NHS and national health service, medicare in America. Funding of health care in future -- people expected to fund their own health needs.

Self-Diagnosis, Online Medical Tests, Pharmaceutical Industry: Future He...

Future of health care, impact of Google and home testing kits for genetic disease, inherited medical conditions, HIV, Alzheimers, Parkinsons, Diabetes, Rheumatoid Arthritis etc. How patients, clients, over the counter therapy customers, and consumers of health care products will manage their own treatment. Patrick Dixon is a health care keynote speaker at many health conferences. Patient choice and public health policy changes with government budget health cuts, health care rationing, post code lotteries. How doctors and nurses will manage patients who often know more about their own medical condition, have made their own diagnosis, have made decisions about their own treatment (patient autonomy). Impact on over the counter pharmaceutical industry, chemists, drug stores, pharmacies and retail sales of health related products. Wellbeing, disease prevention, health promotion, vitamin and health supplements, dietary supplements. How computer aided diagnostics will change clinical management of many medical conditions in hospital, clinics and in community care settings. Health care management and allocation of resources will be influenced by community-based diagnostics. Computer programmes to decide treatment and therapy guidelines. Future of the pharmaceutical industry with non-prescription medicines, remedies, therapies, drugs. Prescribing new treatments using new diagnostic tools, and patient clinical care pathways. Health policy development by governments, and health insurance companies. How insurers are using new diagnostic tests to evaluate risks in health insurance underwriting processes. Patient survival and increase in life expectancy with early diagnosis and treatment using equipment bought by consumers for home use. Risks in self-diagnosis and self-treatment with delay in hospital admission for conditions such as cancer, stroke, heart attack. Issues of confidentiality and secrecy in self-testing kits where the patient knows more than their doctor, and fails to disclose key health information to their insurer before buying health insurance, or life insurance cover. Future of the NHS and national health service, medicare in America. Funding of health care in future -- people expected to fund their own health needs.

Leadership, Motivation, Marketing, Selling: Future will be driven by 1 t...

Future of your business and world will be driven by emotion more than innovation, technology, science, demographics or other indsutry megatrends. Consumer passion, customer delight, workplace loyalty and team spirit. All leadership appeals to mind and emotion. Health, care, product design, service delivery, history and politics. Activism and activist political movements. Future marketing, sales teams, customer engagement and customer relationship management. New business opportunities in products and services. Motivational conference keynote - videos on leadership styles, change management issues. Business executive education. Seminar.

Water Crisis: how much do we need? Practical innovation to solve water shortages globally

An average person in the world uses 1,000 cubic metres a year for growing food, hygiene and drinking – equivalent to 40% of an Olympic swimming pool.  Yet 4,000 children die every day because the water supply is unclean and 40% of the world do not have access to tap water – even though many of them own a mobile phone.

If the poorest nations gain a standard of living equivalent to wealthy nations today, then water demand will be three times the figure of 3,350 cubic kilometres seen in 2000.

The average EU citizen uses 150 litres a day:  33% personal hygiene, 33% flushing toilets, 13% is for washing clothes, 8% for washing dishes.  Some is easy to save:  running a tap while brushing your teeth wastes 5 litres a minute.  The UK could save 180 million litres a year if people stopped– enough to supply 500,000 homes.  That will mean less need to replace leaking pipes, less need to build new reservoirs, less need for desalination to supply London, less energy used to pump, process or treat water.

But 150 litres a day figure jumps to 4,645 or 4.6 tons if we count water to make the food we eat and the products we buy.

•    Tomato                   13 litres
•    Slice of bread          50 litres
•    Orange                    58 litres
•    Egg                       146 litres
•    Pint beer               170 litres
•    Burger               2,400 litres

•    Cotton ball             4.5 litres
•    Sheet of paper      13.6 litres
•    Cotton teashirt    4,000 litres
•    Leather shoes     9,600 litres
•    Pair of jeans      11,000 litres

Much of the this “virtual water”  in your shopping bag is from other nations, because the products were made there, or grown there (see Virtual Water page ff).  Countries like Sweden do not need the additional Virtual Water, but may be adding to pressures on water supplies elsewhere by importing food or cotton, for example, from a very dry nation.
 
Water saving only really benefits local communities.  It is not as if Sweden can start exporting water to Northern Africa, and water savings in Stockholm cannot even be traded effectively as Virtual Water (see page dd to gg), unless the extra water in Sweden can be used to create more food or produce more products in the country.  So in water-rich nations, the main reason to save water is to save energy in treatment and pumping, and use of chemicals such as chlorine.

Futurist Books - many free books on global trends

Futurist Books - many free books on global trends: "Patrick Dixon's latest book is SustainAgility - about the $40 trillion green tech revolution and how profitable innovation will help protect our world. He has written 15 books, including Futurewise and Building a Better Business, with 545,000 books printed in 27 languages (English, French, German, Greek, Polish, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Turkish, Thai, Portugese, Estonian, Latvian, Russian, Czech, Hausa, Nepalese, Paite, Hindi, Urdu, Hungarian, Luganda, Nepalese, Telegu, Amharic, Xhosa and Swahili), plus a million free chapters downloaded in just 15 months. Dr Dixon is often described in the world's media as Europe's leading Futurist, and has been ranked as one of the world's 20 most influential business thinkers - global survey 2005.

Free copies of 'AIDS ACTION' are available now in English, Spanish, French and Russian and many other languages listed above, in bulk, to organisations for distribution in developing countries"

Future of Insurance - insurance industry trends

Future of Insurance - insurance industry trends: "Industry videos, articles and presentations given by Futurist conference keynote speaker Patrick Dixon to insurance industry audiences around the world. What is the future of the insurance industry? Future of online insurance, domestic and motor insurance, life and health insurance, commercial insurance and insurance underwriting. You will find many resources below on particular insurance trends.

Insurance is about managing risk: sharing risk exposure across a wide number of people or organisations. Insurance is therefore at root a community activity: each setting aside money on a regular basis to form a common fund which is used to assist members in times of crisis due to an insured event. Insurance is fundamental to daily life in developed nations, enabling individuals and businesses to manage their existence with a measure of security.

The insurance industry is often seen in the media in a negative way: 'they keep premiums as high as possible and pay out as little as possible'."