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New youth markets for tobacco

11 May 2013
During the past two years, the challenges of rising rates of smoking in Indonesia have become increasingly apparent. In this diverse country, tobacco is an integral part of the economy, and tobacco-related industries account for 10 per cent of employment –...
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Getting round the restrictions?

30 April 2013
Advertising regulators have put in place restrictions in the UK on advertising of foods high in sugar, salt and fat from children’s television, but food companies including Haribo and Cadbury have now transferred the banned advertising to their child-friendly...
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Behaviour-change tool-kit for NCDs

27 March 2013
A new partnership between the private and NGO sectors has been launched to tackle the growing burden of NCDs worldwide: the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) will be working with the International Federation of Pharmaceutical...
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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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Viewing excellence

07 February 2013
A video released on 7 February (here >>) provides a comprehensive and engaging overview of the United Health / National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Collaborating Centers of Excellence programme, tackling non-communicable diseases in 11 Centers in developing...
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Assessing diabetes risk

26 January 2013
One of the UK’s largest pharmacy chains, Boots, has begun offering free diabetes risk assessments in all its shops. The tool being used was developed by Leicester University (and is also used by Diabetes UK, which is partnering in this initiative), and consists...
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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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WHO should we work with in NCDs?

20 November 2012
A month ago, the charge was levelled (in a widely read article from Reuters) against the World Health Organization that the organisation was sufficiently cash-strapped to have begun to accept funding from the food and beverage industry, and was therefore open to...
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Lowering salt, saving lives?

07 November 2012
A new bill, the Sodium Reduction Strategy for Canada Act (click here >>), has been introduced to the Canadian House of Commons in the hope that, if passed, it would help to reduce Canadians’ intake of salt, which is currently two to three times the recommended...
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