C3 Collaborating for Health believes that only by working together can we make it easier to be healthy.

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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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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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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Health benefits of cycl...

03rd July, 2010
In 2005 the European Union outlined a vital area of action on chronic disease prevention: ‘addressing the obesogenic environment to stimulate physical activity.’ A key feature of an obesogenic environment is that it fosters low levels of physical activity, and urban areas are...
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UK: many unaware they h...

02nd July, 2010
Campaigners have warned that nearly 1 million people living in the United Kingdom are unaware that they have developed diabetes. Numbers of people diagnosed with the condition, which is often caused by lifestyle factors, is set to soar over the next few years as a programme of health...
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Being healthier begins ...

01st July, 2010
Research published in the New England Journal of Medicine has added to evidence that school can have a positive impact on children’s health. Through encouraging healthy eating and improving physical education classes, levels of obesity can be reduced. Obesity is a key risk factor...
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US obesity rates *still...

30th June, 2010
In the past year, levels of obesity in the United States have steadily increased, with rates rising in 28 states. According to a report released this week entitled ‘F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2010’, eight states have obesity rates of more than...
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Denmark: New research c...

25th June, 2010
A new research centre, focusing on patient education, prevention and health promotion, opened in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 11 June. The Steno Health Promotion Centre, part of the Steno Diabetes Centre (owned by Novo Nordisk A/S), will initiate research projects to generate new knowledge...
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