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2007-Q4 (Oct–Dec)
Alliance Alerts from the fourth quarter of 2007.
- Wii is not enough?
- 24 Dec 2007 | ‘Active’ computer games are insufficient substitute for sport
- New study: obesity and absenteeism
- 20 Dec 2007 | Absenteeism associated with obesity costing the US $4.3billion per year
- Supermarket soda tax?
- 19 Dec 2007 | San Francisco mayor wants a levy on stores selling soda to offset health-care costs of obesity
- 12 million new cancer cases in 2007
- 17 Dec 2007 | American Cancer Society publishes its first report on worldwide cancer toll
- EU pledge by food and drink companies
- 13 Dec 2007 | Global food companies announce plans to halt advertising junk food to kids under 12
- Physical function and stroke link
- 11 Dec 2007 | Being in good physical form seems to protect men and women from getting a stroke
- Obese kids face adult CVD
- 07 Dec 2007 | Large new study shows link between children’s weight and risk of heart attack as adults
- Simple steps could save millions
- 05 Dec 2007 | The Lancet launches new series of chronic disease articles
- UK launches new cancer strategy
- 03 Dec 2007 | Cancer prevention, including healthy diet, at centre of new agenda
- Framingham Heart Study 60 yrs old
- 30 Nov 2007 | The study which helped discover heart disease risk factors celebrates its 60th anniversary
- New US obesity prevention initiative
- 28 Nov 2007 | Department of Health and Human Services to target overweight children
- Anti-Obesity Day in India
- 26 Nov 2007 | Awareness-raising of a growing problem
- Grand Challenges for Chronic NCDs
- 21 Nov 2007 | Consensus created by health experts offers a global prescription
- Diabetes on rise for Chinese children
- 19 Nov 2007 | More and more children are becoming overweight and at risk of disease
- The ethics of intervention?
- 13 Nov 2007 | New report suggests guiding principles for public health
- More overweight men die of prostate cancer…
- 13 Nov 2007 | ...when compared with those who have a ‘normal’ body mass
- Smoking could add to TB burden
- 09 Nov 2007 | Experts at global lung conference warn of link between tobacco use and TB infections
- Car buying bodes ill for long-term health
- 07 Nov 2007 | New Delhi suffers as air pollution rises
- WEF survey on workplace wellness
- 07 Nov 2007 | Input sought from business leaders from around the world
- WHO Western Pacific meeting on NCDs
- 06 Nov 2007 | Sixty health officials meet to find ways to improve prevention of chronic diseases