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Minimum drink price?...

02nd September, 2010
In the latest in the debate over alcohol pricing, the Scottish Government has announced a plan for a minimum price of 45 pence per unit. The plan, which is contained in the Scottish National Party’s alcohol bill, is an attempt to reduce alcohol consumption. The plan is yet to be...
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UK/India: joint funding...

10th August, 2010
The UK Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) have announced a commitment jointly to fund research into NCDs, focusing particularly on practical interventions to prevent and treat the diseases. The MRC’s collaboration with ICMR is a vital...
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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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Denmark: ‘fat tax’ ...

07th July, 2010
From 1 July 2010, the Danish government has increased taxes on a range of products, with the tax on ice-cream, chocolate, sweets and soft-drinks rising by 25 per cent, and tax decreasing on sugar-free soft drinks. The aim of the change, as set out in a November 2009 paper from the...
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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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Government involvement ...

17th June, 2010
A new series of studies has suggested that politicians could do more to tackle the spread of obesity. Governments could initiate this by encouraging better eating habits through supporting financial incentives to enable production of healthier foods, such as subsidised fruit and vegetable...
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Mexico bans junk food i...

29th May, 2010
In a bid to combat the increasing problem of childhood obesity, the Mexican government is to ban fried and junk foods in primary and secondary schools. President Felipe Calderon launched an anti-obesity campaign back in January 2010. The problem of childhood obesity is so great, public...
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South Korea: fines for ...

27th May, 2010
 The Seoul Metropolitan Government will start imposing fines on smokers who smoke in public places such as parks, bus stops, and school zones.  The fines could reach up to 100,000 won (US$97).  A city official said: ‘We will protect citizens from the harm of passive smoking...
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Australia: gvt rejects ...

17th May, 2010
In Australia, in September 2009, a Federal Government-commissioned taskforce relayed the results of research into preventative health strategies, providing an insight into the possible future of regulation for the food and beverage industries. Some of the more significant recommendations...
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Alcohol pricing and hea...

13th May, 2010
An area of policy that the UK’s Conservatives and Liberal Democrats (who in May 2010 created a coalition government) may have in common is their attitudes towards policy to help curb the problem of binge drinking. While the emphasis on the problems alcohol causes differ slightly,...
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