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New Delhi Call for Action

03 October 2011
A comprehensive new programme of 26 ‘mini interventions’, covering a wide range of NCDs, is to be launched in India: the ‘New Delhi Call for Action on combating NCDs in India’. The plan is to be rolled out in every district, and includes many NCDs not included...
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Final countdown to the UN HLM

12 September 2011
The United Nations has published the Draft Political Declaration (formerly known as the Outcomes Document), to be adopted at the UN HLM on 20 September. It begins with a strong preambular section, covering a very wide range of concerns around NCD, including inequalities,...
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McDonald’s to display calories

06 September 2011
In an effort to combat the rising tide of obesity in the UK, 1,200 British McDonald’s restaurants are to begin displaying calorie figures on menus this week.  The company is one of several, including Starbucks, Pizza Hut and KFC, who have voluntarily signed...
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High alcohol sales in Scotland come at great cost

02 September 2011
Health Scotland reported recently that volume sales of alcohol in the country have exceeded the limit recommended by the Health Service and have reached unprecedented levels.  The upper limit recommended for men is 21 units/week and sales levels have reached 22.8...
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Estimating the health risk of obesity

23 August 2011
Recent research has highlighted the complicated nature of measuring the true level of risk posed by obesity and overweight.  Traditional calculations used to assess the peril of weight gain have concentrated on concerns about the amount of weight an individual...
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Don’t lose this opportunity!

18 August 2011
International media are reporting the fears of the NCD Alliance and others that the policies and targets agreed in earlier drafts of the Outcomes Document (now known as a Political Declaration – one of the major outcomes of the UNHLM on NCDs next month) are in...
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Lobby on the ‘Outcomes Document’

11 August 2011
At the UN High-level Meeting in September, the text of an Outcomes Document (now renamed as a ‘Political Declaration’) will be formally approved by member states, leading – C3 hopes – to strong action worldwide to tackle the burgeoning epidemic of NCDs....
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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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A nudge or a shove?

19 July 2011
In a much-anticipated report on Behaviour Change (click here >>), the UK’s House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology has questioned just how far ‘nudging’ can go to change behaviour on issues such as tackling climate change and the public-health...
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