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Latest on US obesity

19 January 2012
JAMA has recently published new data, from the 2009–10 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, on the prevalence of child and adult obesity in the United States. It shows that, although there have been increases among particular groups, the overall...
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Diabetes ‘Question Time’

Panelists at Diabetes Question Time On Tuesday 17 January, C3 Collaborating for Health, Diabetes UK and SilverStar co-hosted a Question Time-style event in Westminster Central Hall, in front of an invited audience of around 150 people. The event was funded by...
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Dutch smoking ban relaxed

17 January 2012
As reported recently in the Lancet, the government of The Netherlands, which is a member of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, is pulling away from tobacco control. The Dutch government banned smoking at workplaces since 2004...
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Impact of maternal diet

12 January 2012
There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that the earliest origins of health throughout the lifecourse are found in the period between pre-conception until around the age of two – the first 1,000 days of life.  Healthy diets immediately before and...
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The case for community health workers

09 January 2012
The first NCD risk factor surveillance was conducted in Iran in 2004.  It is estimated that non-communicable diseases will account for 70 per cent of premature deaths in the country by 2020. The Lancet published an article recently about the prevalence and treatment...
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Citizens for smokers’ ‘rights’?

04 January 2012
In an apparent effort to tap into the populist impulse of the latter-day US ‘Tea Party’ movement, cigarette maker Altria has developed a website for consumers to learn more about their ‘rights as smokers’. The new website was developed by the Virginia-based...
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Brazil takes on leadership role

18 December 2011
With a population of 190 million people, including 17 million smokers, Brazil has taken the lead with a new law, signed by President Dilma Rousseff, which completely bans smoking in enclosed public places, including workplaces.  Going one step further, designated...
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China shows rising pattern of obesity

15 December 2011
A recent cross-sectional study of over 1,250 adults in the Yi Autonomous Prefecture within Sichuan province in south-western China conducted between 2007 and 2008, shows a greater tendency for Yi adults who live in cities to be more likely to be overweight or obese...
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Lifestyle factor link to cancers

08 December 2011
Recent epidemiological research published in the British Journal of Cancer points to the fact that as many as 40% of cancers in the UK are directly attributable to potentially modifiable lifestyle factors. In a report published by Cancer Research UK, as expected,...
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South East Asians and heart disease

700 people suffer a heart attack each day in the UK; this amounts to one heart attack every two minutes.  South Asians, whether born in the UK or abroad, face a significantly higher than average rate of premature death from cardiovascular disease, a fact that...
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