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Australia: plain packag...

04th August, 2010
Australia has revealed plans to be the first nation to outline plans to force tobacco companies to use plain packaging with graphic health warnings. The initiative is scheduled for 1 July 2012, from which point tobacco products will have to be sold in the plain packaging with few...
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High youth cholesterol&...

03rd August, 2010
UCSF researchers conducted a longitudinal 20-year study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, which found that young adults in their 20s and 30s with even mildly elevated cholesterol levels are more likely to develop coronary artery calcium and atherosclerosis when they are...
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SES bigger risk factor ...

A new UCLA study published in the journal Annals of Epidemiology has suggested that socioeconomic status has more of an impact than race or ethnicity for disparities in cardiovascular disease risk in the United States. Researchers from the David Geffen School of Medicine found that...
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Brain risk with type 2 ...

31st July, 2010
Central nervous system abnormalities including cognitive and brain impairments have been documented in adults with type 2 diabetes who also have multiple co-morbid disorders. Based on this observation, Yau et al. assessed adolescents with type 2 diabetes to evaluate whether having...
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19 food producers to us...

30th July, 2010
Nineteen of France’s largest food manufacturers have signed a deal with the government agreeing to cut the amount of salt they use in food products. Findus, McCain and Fleury-Michon are among those in the industry who have promised to introduce recipe changes between now and...
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Breast *is* best...

27th July, 2010
Researcher Dr Julie Smith and her team at the Australian National University have found that infants who were prematurely weaned were more likely to be at risk from a host of chronic diseases as adults compared to those who were weaned later. The research analysed the results of...
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Organisations unite…...

22nd July, 2010
A group of European organisations on chronic disease have formed an alliance to campaign for the introduction of actions to address the main chronic disease risk factors. These include poor diet, lack of physical activity, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption. With diseases such...
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WHO and IOC: work toget...

In a memorandum of understanding, signed on 21 July 2010, the International Olympic Committee and World Health Organisation have agreed to work at international and country level to promote physical activity and policies that help people reduce their risk of NCDs. IOC President Jacques...
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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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