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Mexico bans junk food in schools

29 May 2010
In a bid to combat the increasing problem of childhood obesity, the Mexican government is to ban fried and junk foods in primary and secondary schools. President Felipe Calderon launched an anti-obesity campaign back in January 2010. The problem of childhood obesity...
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Girls: lose weight for health

28 May 2010
A study analysing nearly 110,000 women in the United States, to be published in Diabetes Care, has found that weightloss in childhood can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. The study began in 1989, with an initial survey on the women’s health, history and lifestyle....
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South Korea: fines for lighting up

27 May 2010
 The Seoul Metropolitan Government will start imposing fines on smokers who smoke in public places such as parks, bus stops, and school zones.  The fines could reach up to 100,000 won (US$97).  A city official said: ‘We will protect citizens from the harm...
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Australia: gvt rejects recommendations

17 May 2010
In Australia, in September 2009, a Federal Government-commissioned taskforce relayed the results of research into preventative health strategies, providing an insight into the possible future of regulation for the food and beverage industries. Some of the more...
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UN Summit on NCDs announced

14 May 2010
In an exciting step, in September 2011 the UN General Assembly will hold a Noncommunicable Disease Summit specifically addressing the threat posed by NCDs to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This will be only the 29th such summit in UN history – a reflection...
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Alcohol pricing and health

13 May 2010
An area of policy that the UK’s Conservatives and Liberal Democrats (who in May 2010 created a coalition government) may have in common is their attitudes towards policy to help curb the problem of binge drinking. While the emphasis on the problems alcohol...
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Unhealthy overtime?

Recent research has suggested that people who regularly work overtime and work for 10 to 11 hours a day may increase their risk of heart disease by nearly two-thirds. The findings, published in the European Heart Journal, are based on a study of 6000 British civil...
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Urban-rural diabetes risk in India

A study published in April’s PLoS Medicine has found that the obesity and diabetes epidemic in India is strongly associated with rural–urban migration. The study worked with over 6,500 participants, including both migrants as well their non-migrant, rural...
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International Nurses Day

12 May 2010
On 12 May each year, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world. The focus of 2010’s International Nurses Day is the important role nurses can play in leading the fight to tackle chronic disease....
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Anti-smoking media positive in Vietnam

09 May 2010
  Mego Lien, Communication Associate at the World Lung Foundation (WLF), said both smokers and non-smokers in Vietnam had responded to clear messages about the dangers posed to health by smoking and second-hand smoke. Lien was speaking at a meeting in Hanoi on...
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