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Brain risk with type 2 ...

31st July, 2010
Central nervous system abnormalities including cognitive and brain impairments have been documented in adults with type 2 diabetes who also have multiple co-morbid disorders. Based on this observation, Yau et al. assessed adolescents with type 2 diabetes to evaluate whether having...
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19 food producers to us...

30th July, 2010
Nineteen of France’s largest food manufacturers have signed a deal with the government agreeing to cut the amount of salt they use in food products. Findus, McCain and Fleury-Michon are among those in the industry who have promised to introduce recipe changes between now and...
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Breast *is* best...

27th July, 2010
Researcher Dr Julie Smith and her team at the Australian National University have found that infants who were prematurely weaned were more likely to be at risk from a host of chronic diseases as adults compared to those who were weaned later. The research analysed the results of...
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Organisations unite…...

22nd July, 2010
A group of European organisations on chronic disease have formed an alliance to campaign for the introduction of actions to address the main chronic disease risk factors. These include poor diet, lack of physical activity, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption. With diseases such...
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WHO and IOC: work toget...

In a memorandum of understanding, signed on 21 July 2010, the International Olympic Committee and World Health Organisation have agreed to work at international and country level to promote physical activity and policies that help people reduce their risk of NCDs. IOC President Jacques...
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Abu Dhabi CVD programme...

21st July, 2010
Due to rapid modernisation, data suggests that there has been a substantial increase in cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Abu Dhabi. The approach the country has taken to try and reverse this trend is through encouraging population-level behaviour change. The first response to the country’s...
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Denmark: ‘fat tax’ ...

07th July, 2010
From 1 July 2010, the Danish government has increased taxes on a range of products, with the tax on ice-cream, chocolate, sweets and soft-drinks rising by 25 per cent, and tax decreasing on sugar-free soft drinks. The aim of the change, as set out in a November 2009 paper from the...
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Food insecurity and chr...

05th July, 2010
The USDA reported that after a decade of relative stability, the percentage of US households that are food insecure had increased by 32% in 2008, reaching 14.6% of households nationally. The figures are even higher among households below the federal poverty line (42%), black and Hispanic...
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Social determinants of ...

04th July, 2010
The Lancet’s special issue on diabetes (26 June – 2 July) coincided with the 70th Scientific Sessions meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in Orlando. One of the featured articles in the edition addressed the issue that diabetes is widely perceived as a disease...
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HELP campaign wins awar...

At the EACA (European Association of Communications Agencies) Care Awards ceremony that took place in Brussels on 23 June 2010, the European Commission’s 2009-2010 ‘HELP, for a life without tobacco’ campaign was recognised as the top social marketing campaign for...
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