Delegates at the 2008 OxHA Summit compiled a list of what they felt should be the top priorities in global chronic disease prevention.
The top '10'
[Note: there are more than 10 priorities due to a tie for the final slot.]
1. Partner with environmental movement to promote physical activity linked to reduced carbon emissions, e.g. a car-free day
=2. Global fund for chronic diseases
=2. Restrict junk food advertising (e.g. on TV during children’s viewing time)
=2. Development and implementation of an internationally standardised food-labelling system
3. Expand CIH initiative
=4. Create and/or improve public spaces for physical activity with PPPs
=4. Promotion of cycling (cycle routes, free bikes and tax advantage)
=4. Support for expanding the health-promoting schools programme (physical activity, nutrition, availability of facilities)
=4. A global effort to reduce salt in processed and fast foods
=4. Help corporations build healthy lifestyles into their mission statements
=4. OxHA rating of companies' health-promotion options for employees
The list of priorities
The top '10' were chosen from a longer list of priorities identified by delegates, below.
- Global fund for chronic diseases
- Add a Millennium Development Goal for chronic disease prevention
- Global campaign on physical activity
- Funding to underpin a global effort to implement the FCTC
- Double smoking-cessation initiatives
- Enforcement of international standards for cigarette packing and labelling with incentives linked to global health funding
- Create and/or improve public spaces for physical activity with PPPs
- Promotion of cycling (cycle routes, free bikes and tax advantage)
- Partner with environmental movement to promote physical activity linked to reduced carbon emissions, e.g. a car-free day
- A global effort to reduce salt in processed and fast foods
- International database of food composition
- Development and implementation of an internationally standardised food-labelling system
- Ban trans fats
- Restrict junk food advertising (e.g. on TV during children’s viewing time)
- Support for expanding the health-promoting schools programme (physical activity, nutrition, availability of facilities)
- Governments set a healthy example (e.g. healthy food in schools, health promotion for their staff, not support/subsidise industries that work against health)
- Help corporations build healthy lifestyles into their mission statements
- OxHA rating of companies' health-promotion options for employees
- Promote secondary prevention of chronic diseases (including access to essential medicines)
- Expand CIH initiative
- Research into incentives for healthy eating