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15 June 2013
Today, 15 June, marks the start of Bike Week, the largest annual cycling event in the UK. Bike Week supports ‘everyday cycling for everyone’ and aims to show the many social, health and environmental benefits of cycling. These seven days encourage cycling for...
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NCDs, MDGs and SDGs – June 2013

12 June 2013
This Alert is also available as a pdf here >> *** This is an update of two earlier Alerts – 24 October 2012 (here >>) and 18 February 2013 (here >>) – that described what is happening around the global framework on non-communicable...
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G8 and nutrition

10 June 2013
One theme of the G8 Summit this year is transparency in global affairs. This year the UK takes on the presidency of the G8, and David Cameron has used this opportunity to host an international  meeting on under-nutrition a week before the G8 Summit. ‘Nutrition...
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2020: 47% of Brits will face cancer in their lives

08 June 2013
Recent projections drawn up by Macmillan Cancer Support, published in the British Journal of Cancer, suggest that by 2020, the proportion of people in the UK who will get cancer during their lifetime will increase to 47 per cent (up from 32 per cent in 1992). Macmillan...
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If it’s too hard to quit – cut down!

06 June 2013
The nicotine in cigarettes may be highly addictive, but it is the carcinogens and toxins that are inhaled with the nicotine that cause the greatest harm and lead to a staggering 50 per cent of all smokers dying from smoking-related diseases – around 6 million...
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America is 1.5 trillion calories lighter

02 June 2013
A coalition of America’s top food and beverage companies announced on 30 May that it has already reached and exceeded its goal to reduce calories in the American marketplace by 1.5 trillion by 2015. The commitment was made by the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation...
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The start of ‘an historic journey’?

01 June 2013
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been driving the development agenda for over a decade, with ambitious aims to reduce poverty and improve the health, education and livelihoods of people around the world. There have been some notable successes – for...
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World No Tobacco Day 2013

30 May 2013
Every year, nations across the world join forces to support and promote World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) on 31 May (click here >>). Together with the World Health Organization, we pause for the day, consider the harm of tobacco use and pledge to make a difference...
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The ‘omnibus resolution’ on NCDs…

28 May 2013
In September 2011, the UN unanimously adopted the Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases. Since then, significant efforts have been ongoing – both within individual countries (such as China) and at international level...
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Is workplace wellness working?

26 May 2013
Many of us spend eight hours or more of every day, for decades, in our places of work, which should make them an ideal venue in which to foster good health. Workplace wellness programmes have been proliferating, some with great claims of efficacy. A new report...
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