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Diabetes/heart disease in Cuba

11 April 2013
By tracking Cuba during and after the economic downturn in the early 1990s, a paper in the British Medical Journal has shown a strong association between population-wide weight-loss and the burden of type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease. During the Cuban...
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Lower-calorie restaurant options

02 March 2013
Serving healthier food in restaurants is good for business, according to a recently released report by the Hudson Institute (a non-partisan US-based policy research organisation; this research was conducted as part of its Obesity Solutions Initiative). The study,...
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What price wellness?

28 February 2013
In their annual survey of US business employers, the National Business Group on Health and Fidelity Investments have found that the spend on ‘wellness-based incentives’ (to keep down insurance premiums and payout) is now $521 per employee. This is more than...
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The ROI of workplace health…

01 February 2013
The United States often leads the way in assessing workplace health programmes because the returns on investment – namely the savings that can be made on health insurance and medical payouts – are so evident. A recent report by the American College of Occupational...
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How much of a risk are NCDs?

08 January 2013
Each year, the World Economic Forum publishes a report on 50 major Global Risks facing the world over the next decade, analysing them in terms of impact, likelihood and interconnections. It draws on a survey of over 1,000 experts from industry, government and academia...
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PPP formed to fight NCDs

15 December 2012
In mid-December, the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) along with pharmaceutical group Eli Lilly and partners Population Services International (PSI) and Project HOPE,  launched ‘Uday’, a $30-million global initiative to tackle non-communicable...
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UN resolution on affordable universal healthcare

14 December 2012
In the UN General Assembly on 12 December, a resolution (click here >>) was adopted that urges member states to develop health systems that protect citizens from catastrophic spending on health when they become ill, without discrimination, by finding ways...
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Tackling health threats in the 21st century

02 December 2012
An editorial in The Lancet has set out its ‘manifesto for the world we want’ – five key health priorities as discussions and consultations continue on the post-2015 development framework (to replace the current Millennium Development Goals) and the proposed...
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Counting the cost of tobacco use…

19 October 2012
Smoking is expensive – not just for smokers, but for their families and the communities and health services that pick up the bill for the harm caused by the habit. Over 80,000 deaths a year in the UK are caused by tobacco use – smokers die around 10 years younger...
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Stoptober and Ocsober

09 October 2012
Giving up smoking can be extremely difficult but, according to a new campaign by the UK’s National Health Service, if people can give up for just 28 days then they are five times more likely to be able to kick the habit permanently. Stoptober is encouraging smokers...
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