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

Impact of maternal diet

12 January 2012
There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that the earliest origins of health throughout the lifecourse are found in the period between pre-conception until around the age of two – the first 1,000 days of life.  Healthy diets immediately before and...
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China shows rising pattern of obesity

15 December 2011
A recent cross-sectional study of over 1,250 adults in the Yi Autonomous Prefecture within Sichuan province in south-western China conducted between 2007 and 2008, shows a greater tendency for Yi adults who live in cities to be more likely to be overweight or obese...
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Lifestyle factor link to cancers

08 December 2011
Recent epidemiological research published in the British Journal of Cancer points to the fact that as many as 40% of cancers in the UK are directly attributable to potentially modifiable lifestyle factors. In a report published by Cancer Research UK, as expected,...
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South East Asians and heart disease

700 people suffer a heart attack each day in the UK; this amounts to one heart attack every two minutes.  South Asians, whether born in the UK or abroad, face a significantly higher than average rate of premature death from cardiovascular disease, a fact that...
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Choosing health

06 December 2011
Lewisham is a borough of south London that is ranked 52nd out of a national total of 352 boroughs in terms of deprivation, but action is being taken locally to encourage healthy eating among its shoppers. A new initiative is being run by the local NHS Trust, in...
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Consistency in packaging aids consumer awareness

05 December 2011
Recent USDA efforts to update the food pyramid included emphasis on a key element gleaned from behavioural psychology:  clear simple messages work best. In a similar vein, the European Journal of Public Health recently published a study showing the way package...
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Trade versus health – who wins?

Samoa, a South Pacific island nation with a population of 193,000, is – after a 13-year wait – on the verge of winning approval to join the World Trade Organization. However, this has come at a price: the elimination of ‘the prohibition on the importation...
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Investing in health

02 December 2011
New initiatives in four European countries are to be funded by the Kraft Foods Foundation, partnering with local organisations with Save the Children Italy, the French Red Cross, Klasse2000 in Germany and the Alicia Foundation in Spain. In France, the Foundation...
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Taking an ecosystems view

Climate change is currently being discussed in Durban (see also C3’s news alert on climate change and health here >>), and a recent UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) issue paper focuses on another important aspect of the issue for those concerned...
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COP17 and NCDs

01 December 2011
The latest round of international discussions on climate change, COP17 (the 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), has begun in Durban, South Africa, with our window of opportunity to take action on changing...
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