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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Expert meeting on population sodium reduction strategies for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in the South East Asian Region

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report presents the technical deliberations of the three-day meeting by participants of an Expert Meeting on Population Sodium Strategies for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in the South East Asian Region. The meeting focused...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets+3

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WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Noncommunicable disease risk factors and socioeconomic inequalities - what are the links? A multicountry analysis of noncommunicable disease surveillance data

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report presents the results of analysis of population-level surveillance data on NCD risk factors from selected countries in the Region, namely, China, Fiji, Malaysia, Nauru and Philippines. The aim was to conduct comparable cross-country analys...

ReportGender, equity and human rightsSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+5

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WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Second intercountry training workshop on subnational initiatives for cardiovascular disease prevention, control and management in the Mekong countries

Report

12 Nov 2018

This document is a report of the second intercountry training workshop was conducted in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in February 2017 on subnational initiatives for cardiovascular disease prevention, control, and management in the Mekong countries.

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World Health Organization

What ministries of information and communications need to know: NCDs

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Nov 2018

This policy brief highlights that the increasing burden of NCDs is linked strongly to global marketing of tobacco, alcohol, and processed foods and beverages which are high in fat, sugar and/or salt.

Briefs & Fact SheetsSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholTobacco useUnhealthy diets+2

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World Health Organization

What ministries of education need to know: NCDs

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Nov 2018

This policy brief highlights the increasing exposure of children and adolescents to tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity, and points out the education sector as having a fundamental responsibility to protect children’s health an...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMultistakeholder CollaborationMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+5

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Mapping salt reduction initiatives in the WHO European Region

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report presents an up-to-date view of current initiatives to reduce salt intake in European countries, highlighting activities related to the action points of relevant global frameworks.

ReportNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

What is known about the effectiveness of economic instruments to reduce consumption of foods high in saturated fats and other energy-dense foods for preventing and treating obesity?

Report

12 Nov 2018

This synthesis summarizes the available evidence concerning the effectiveness of economic instruments (including taxes, price policies and incentives) in containing or reducing food consumption, particularly of foods high in saturated fats and other...

ReportHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingNutrition and food safetySocial determinants of healthUnhealthy diets+2

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Which national and subnational interventions and policies based on Mediterranean and Nordic diets are recommended or implemented in the WHO European Region, and is there evidence of effectiveness in reducing noncommunicable diseases? (2018)

Report

12 Nov 2018

This review focuses on national and subnational Mediterranean diet (MD) and Nordic diet (ND) interventions and policies in the WHO European Region to support decision-makers in shaping context-specific diet and nutrition policies.

ReportHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets+1

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Marketing of foods high in fat, salt and sugar to children: update 2012–2013

Report

12 Nov 2018

This publication provides information on the marketing of foods and beverages to children and the changes that have occurred in the last decade. It also examines the evolution of marketing methods and reviews some of the recent policy approaches by W...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthNutrition and food safetySocial determinants of healthUnhealthy diets+6

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Better food and nutrition in Europe: a progress report monitoring policy implementation in the WHO European Region

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report highlights progress achieved in the WHO European Region and Member States in implementing the European food and nutrition action plan 2015–2020 and presents selected epidemiological data on the nutritional status of populations througho...

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

European food and nutrition action plan 2015–2020 (2014)

Report

12 Nov 2018

This action plan is intended to significantly reduce the burden of preventable diet-related noncommunicable diseases, obesity and all other forms of malnutrition still prevalent in the WHO European Region. It calls for countries to act, using a whole...

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Noncommunicable diseases an information booklet

Publication

12 Nov 2018

This reports describes ways to prevent and manage diabetes, coronary heart diseases, and hypertension. It focuses on the four modifiable risk factors that are largely responsible for these diseases – tobacco use, unhealthy diet, lack of physical ac...

PublicationUnhealthy diets

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