At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad & Tobago on 29 November, the leaders of 54 countries (representing a third of the world’s population) produced a statement (click here >>) on Commonwealth action on non-communicable diseases. The statement affirmed...

A survey of over 9,000 people aged between 15 and 90 from seven regions of Morocco has found large differences in smoking rates and patterns between men and women. An earlier study of cardiovascular risk factors in 2000 found that 31.5% of men and 0.6% of women were smokers. The new...

The Global Alliance for Chronic Disease, an alliance of institutions that between them collectively manage an estimated 80 percent of all public health research funding worldwide, has announced its first targets for action in a coordinated research programme addressing chronic non-communicable...

To coincide with the theme of World Diabetes Day, ‘Diabetes Education and Prevention’, 4,000 students, parents and teachers in Delhi are expected to participate in walks to raise awareness about diabetes within communities. The Diabetes Awareness walks have been organised...

Professor Jerry Morris, who has died at the age of 99, was the first to discover the clear link between lack of physical activity and heart disease. In the late 1940s, Morris began a study comparing rates of heart attack among people of different occupations, as heart attack rates...

The National Heart Forum has published new predictions on the rise in obesity among children in the UK – showing that, although obesity will continue to rise, it is increasing less rapidly than earlier predictions. By 2020: 27% of girls aged 2–11 will be overweight or obese (down...

A study of 3,500 civil servants, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, is the first in the UK to investigate the links between diet and depression.  Participants were split into two types of diet – one based largely on whole foods (i.e. fruit, vegetables and fish), or...