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

Fit and ‘fat’ …

06 December 2011
Further evidence that fitness levels are more important to longevity than BMI or weight was published last month by the University of South Carolina. This large-scale longitudinal study of over 14,000 middle- and upper-class men with an average age of 44, shows...
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Choosing health

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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Consistency in packaging aids consumer awareness

05 December 2011
Recent USDA efforts to update the food pyramid included emphasis on a key element gleaned from behavioural psychology:  clear simple messages work best. In a similar vein, the European Journal of Public Health recently published a study showing the way package...
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Trade versus health – who wins?

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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Investing in health

02 December 2011
New initiatives in four European countries are to be funded by the Kraft Foods Foundation, partnering with local organisations with Save the Children Italy, the French Red Cross, Klasse2000 in Germany and the Alicia Foundation in Spain. In France, the Foundation...
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Taking an ecosystems view

Climate change is currently being discussed in Durban (see also C3’s news alert on climate change and health here >>), and a recent UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) issue paper focuses on another important aspect of the issue for those concerned...
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COP17 and NCDs

01 December 2011
The latest round of international discussions on climate change, COP17 (the 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), has begun in Durban, South Africa, with our window of opportunity to take action on changing...
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No more branded cigarettes

From today, 1 December 2011, all tobacco products in Australia will have to be sold in identical plain, brown packaging, devoid of logos, colours and branding. The legislation paving the way for this was passed on 21 November – the Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill...
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Exercise more – and you’ll eat better!

25 November 2011
Looking at the ways in which lifestyle choices – particularly diet and exercise – are related to each other, and whether they share any common neurocognitive mechanisms, may provide insights to optimise weight-loss interventions. A new study published in Obesity...
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