Prevention is better and cheaper than cure. They really should be seeing patients before they get older and fatter. If they help people as they progress through the twenties and thirties if might reduce the need to deal with older 40+ patients when losing weight becomes harder etc.


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If you look at health disease, the majority of patients are fine until they hit around 50 years old. This is when you start to see blood pressure rising, high cholesterol and/or glucose readings. At the moment, a blood pressure check every five years is reasonable, and you could do routine blood tests around the same time. There's no benefit in doing annual blood tests or blood pressure checks.

I agree but what about younger and overweight patients should they be reviewed before 50? If they can be helped to lose weight or stop smoking before they reach 50 it will reduce the demands when they are older.