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

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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Trade versus health – who wins?

05 December 2011
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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Weight and wage differentials

03 December 2011
According to a report published on 17 November, Gender and Race Wage Gaps Attributable to Obesity, from the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services’ Department of Health Policy, it is clear that there is a differential in the...
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Fast food, healthy food and middle-class diners

09 November 2011
Recent articles have been a reminder of the social gradient in health and wellness, reinforcing that the poor are more likely to be overweight or obese, but the question remains as to whether this is because of a diet of fast-food restaurant dining.  The December...
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Cost of absenteeism in the US

19 October 2011
A new Gallup–Healthways survey of almost 110,000 full-time workers (working at least 30 hours a week) in the United States has estimated the striking economic burden of absenteeism among those who are overweight or have chronic health conditions. The poll used...
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Maternal and child health in the news

03 August 2011
Recently published research has found correlations between premature or underweight babies and job opportunities in later life.  The research, which was jointly funded by the MRC and the British Heart Foundation and led by researchers at University College...
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Calorie labelling and food choices

29 July 2011
A study by the New York Health Department has investigated the effect of a law put into place in the city in 2008 that requires restaurants to display calorie information on menus. One in six of the people using the restaurants were found to have used the nutrition...
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NCDs in China

27 July 2011
A new report from the World Bank, Towards a Healthy and Harmonious Life in China: Stemming the Rising Tide of Non-communicable Diseases, feeds into the Ministry of Health’s three-step process to tackle NCDs, step two of which is implementing analytical studies...
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Mrs Obama: access to healthy food

24 July 2011
In the United States, major retailers, foundations and small businesses have come together, led by Michelle Obama, to pledge to improve access to healthy food for millions of people in more deprived communities, where access is often limited. As well as regional...
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Civil society meeting on NCDs

17 June 2011
Today, 16 June, has been the interactive hearing on NCDs, bringing together civil society organisations from around the world in the hall of the General Assembly at the United Nations. C3 attended the event, which took the form of an introductory and closing session...
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