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2008-Q4 (Oct-Dec)
Alliance Alerts for October to December 2008.
- WHF and WHO highlight risk factors
- 19 Dec 2008 | WHF calls for integrated approach to killer diseases
- New lawsuits await big tobacco
- 17 Dec 2008 | Companies can be sued over ‘light’ and ‘low-tar’ labels in US
- NY state ponders ‘obesity tax’
- 16 Dec 2008 | High-calorie versions of soft drinks face proposed tax of 15%
- Food companies ‘misleading’ parents
- 15 Dec 2008 | New UK report highlights ‘spurious health claims’ of some manufacturers
- Health as an essential human right
- 10 Dec 2008 | OxHA focuses on 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- King’s Fund advice to help ‘kick bad habits’
- 08 Dec 2008 | More sophistication needed to tackle UK’s unhealthy lifestyles
- Kids’ ‘media’ link to unhealthy lifestyles
- 03 Dec 2008 | Study indicates greater exposure to TV, etc., impacts upon obesity and tobacco use
- ICDDR,B chronic diseases programme
- 27 Nov 2008 | Last chance to apply for the post of head of this new programme
- Obesity guidelines in India
- 26 Nov 2008 | Tighter strictures attempt to counter obesity/diabetes epidemic
- Health inequalities in Canada
- 25 Nov 2008 | Higher hospitalisation rates among lower-income groups
- Belt-tightening leads to expanding waistlines
- 22 Nov 2008 | Sales of cheap, unhealthy food on the rise
- Fast-food ads and children’s weight
- 21 Nov 2008 | Economists estimate impact of ad ban on kids’ TV
- World COPD Day
- 19 Nov 2008 | Highlighting a growing public health problem
- Blue light for World Diabetes Day
- 14 Nov 2008 | Monuments and buildings lit up to raise awareness
- Credit crunch increases smoking
- 12 Nov 2008 | Americans smoke more in hard times, jeopardising long-term health.
- More 'healthy towns'...
- 11 Nov 2008 | ...this time encouraging anti-obesity innovation in England
- Awards for healthy city innovation
- 04 Nov 2008 | Obesity and chronic disease tackled in Latin America
- Physical activity cuts breast cancer risk
- 02 Nov 2008 | Vigorous exercise reduces risk in post-menopausal women, particularly those who are not overweight
- Huge rise in cost of diabetes drugs in US
- 28 Oct 2008 | $12.5 billion spent in 2007
- Food pyramid – for under-fives
- 27 Oct 2008 | New help for parents to choose balanced diet for young children