Chile’s Comprehensive Food Policy Offers Global Lesson in Tackling Unhealthy Foods 08/08/2023 Francesca R Dillman Carpentier, Lindsey Smith Taillie & Teresa Correa Ultra-processed products are usurping healthier, minimally processed foods in much of the world. Breakfasts are too often pre-packaged and sugar-laden, while lunches are loaded with sodium and wrapped in plastic – products that have been transformed using industrial processes and filled with additives to make them highly palatable. The widespread consumption of these foods and […] Continue reading -> Healthier Diets, Lifestyles and Cities: Bloomberg’s Kelly Henning Reflects on a 16-Year Partnership with WHO 04/08/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 300 million people have been protected from becoming smokers in the 15 years since WHO launched the ‘MPOWER’ package of recommended policies for reducing smoking prevalence in countries worldwide, declared Kelly Henning, of Bloomberg Philanthropies, at a press conference in Geneva this week. She was speaking at a WHO briefing launching the 2023 WHO […] Continue reading -> Millions Face Hunger as Russia Withdraws from Black Sea Grain Deal Again 17/07/2023 Stefan Anderson Russia has withdrawn from a UN-brokered agreement that allowed Ukraine to safely export grains from its ports in the Black Sea. The move is expected to have a significant impact on global food prices, imperilling the food security of millions around the world. “I deeply regret Russia’s decision to terminate the implementation of the Black […] Continue reading -> Aspartame: WHO and IARC to Release New Data on Carcinogenic Risks Next Week 05/07/2023 Megha Kaveri & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO is set to release new data on Friday, 14 July on the carcinogenic risks of consuming aspartame, the artificial sweetener that is omnipresent in low-calorie soft-drinks, sweets and other processed foods, its head of nutrition, Dr Francesco Branca confirmed on Wednesday. A full WHO risk assessment on safe levels of exposure to the sugar […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches New Guideline for Protecting Children from Unhealthy Food Marketing 03/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a new guideline on Monday in a bid to push governments to adopt more stringent regulations on the marketing of unhealthy foods high in saturated fatty acids, trans-fatty acids, free sugars or salt (HFSS) to children. The UN health body has hardened its stance on what it describes as […] Continue reading -> Small Island Developing States at Nexus of Climate, Unhealthy Foods and Mental Health Challenges 14/06/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The burgeoning health issues of small island developing states – which are on the front lines of climate change, but also awash in handguns and ultra-processed food imports – is the focus of a high level ministerial meeting taking place in the Caribbean island of Barbados today and tomorrow. The SIDS Ministerial Conference on NCDs […] Continue reading -> Air Pollution Advocates Say Time to Act Is Now 27/05/2023 Disha Shetty When Elvis Ndikum Achiri, a long-time veteran of tobacco control campaigns, began collecting data on air pollution in his community in Cameroon, he was surprised to discover how many people around him, both young and old, suffered from related illnesses even though they had never smoked – including a beloved high school teacher who had […] Continue reading -> Huge Support for Universal Health Coverage and NCD Measures, But WHO Replenishment Fund is Rejected 25/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan & Megha Kaveri An impossibly long list of member states lined up to address universal health coverage (UHC) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at the World Health Assembly on Thursday afternoon, indicating the centrality of these issues for countries. There was near-universal support for primary health services to be the backbone of UHC, with disease prevention as the other […] Continue reading -> Child and Adolescent Obesity Rising More Sharply Than In Other Age Groups 02/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half of the world’s population may be overweight or obese by 2035—with the sharpest rise expected to occur among children and adolescents, according to a new report by the the World Obesity Federation. About 2.6 billion of the world’s 8 billion people are already overweight or obese, and COVID lockdowns likely exacerbated trends […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Healthier Diets, Lifestyles and Cities: Bloomberg’s Kelly Henning Reflects on a 16-Year Partnership with WHO 04/08/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Some 300 million people have been protected from becoming smokers in the 15 years since WHO launched the ‘MPOWER’ package of recommended policies for reducing smoking prevalence in countries worldwide, declared Kelly Henning, of Bloomberg Philanthropies, at a press conference in Geneva this week. She was speaking at a WHO briefing launching the 2023 WHO […] Continue reading -> Millions Face Hunger as Russia Withdraws from Black Sea Grain Deal Again 17/07/2023 Stefan Anderson Russia has withdrawn from a UN-brokered agreement that allowed Ukraine to safely export grains from its ports in the Black Sea. The move is expected to have a significant impact on global food prices, imperilling the food security of millions around the world. “I deeply regret Russia’s decision to terminate the implementation of the Black […] Continue reading -> Aspartame: WHO and IARC to Release New Data on Carcinogenic Risks Next Week 05/07/2023 Megha Kaveri & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO is set to release new data on Friday, 14 July on the carcinogenic risks of consuming aspartame, the artificial sweetener that is omnipresent in low-calorie soft-drinks, sweets and other processed foods, its head of nutrition, Dr Francesco Branca confirmed on Wednesday. A full WHO risk assessment on safe levels of exposure to the sugar […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches New Guideline for Protecting Children from Unhealthy Food Marketing 03/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a new guideline on Monday in a bid to push governments to adopt more stringent regulations on the marketing of unhealthy foods high in saturated fatty acids, trans-fatty acids, free sugars or salt (HFSS) to children. The UN health body has hardened its stance on what it describes as […] Continue reading -> Small Island Developing States at Nexus of Climate, Unhealthy Foods and Mental Health Challenges 14/06/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The burgeoning health issues of small island developing states – which are on the front lines of climate change, but also awash in handguns and ultra-processed food imports – is the focus of a high level ministerial meeting taking place in the Caribbean island of Barbados today and tomorrow. The SIDS Ministerial Conference on NCDs […] Continue reading -> Air Pollution Advocates Say Time to Act Is Now 27/05/2023 Disha Shetty When Elvis Ndikum Achiri, a long-time veteran of tobacco control campaigns, began collecting data on air pollution in his community in Cameroon, he was surprised to discover how many people around him, both young and old, suffered from related illnesses even though they had never smoked – including a beloved high school teacher who had […] Continue reading -> Huge Support for Universal Health Coverage and NCD Measures, But WHO Replenishment Fund is Rejected 25/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan & Megha Kaveri An impossibly long list of member states lined up to address universal health coverage (UHC) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at the World Health Assembly on Thursday afternoon, indicating the centrality of these issues for countries. There was near-universal support for primary health services to be the backbone of UHC, with disease prevention as the other […] Continue reading -> Child and Adolescent Obesity Rising More Sharply Than In Other Age Groups 02/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half of the world’s population may be overweight or obese by 2035—with the sharpest rise expected to occur among children and adolescents, according to a new report by the the World Obesity Federation. About 2.6 billion of the world’s 8 billion people are already overweight or obese, and COVID lockdowns likely exacerbated trends […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Millions Face Hunger as Russia Withdraws from Black Sea Grain Deal Again 17/07/2023 Stefan Anderson Russia has withdrawn from a UN-brokered agreement that allowed Ukraine to safely export grains from its ports in the Black Sea. The move is expected to have a significant impact on global food prices, imperilling the food security of millions around the world. “I deeply regret Russia’s decision to terminate the implementation of the Black […] Continue reading -> Aspartame: WHO and IARC to Release New Data on Carcinogenic Risks Next Week 05/07/2023 Megha Kaveri & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO is set to release new data on Friday, 14 July on the carcinogenic risks of consuming aspartame, the artificial sweetener that is omnipresent in low-calorie soft-drinks, sweets and other processed foods, its head of nutrition, Dr Francesco Branca confirmed on Wednesday. A full WHO risk assessment on safe levels of exposure to the sugar […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches New Guideline for Protecting Children from Unhealthy Food Marketing 03/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a new guideline on Monday in a bid to push governments to adopt more stringent regulations on the marketing of unhealthy foods high in saturated fatty acids, trans-fatty acids, free sugars or salt (HFSS) to children. The UN health body has hardened its stance on what it describes as […] Continue reading -> Small Island Developing States at Nexus of Climate, Unhealthy Foods and Mental Health Challenges 14/06/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The burgeoning health issues of small island developing states – which are on the front lines of climate change, but also awash in handguns and ultra-processed food imports – is the focus of a high level ministerial meeting taking place in the Caribbean island of Barbados today and tomorrow. The SIDS Ministerial Conference on NCDs […] Continue reading -> Air Pollution Advocates Say Time to Act Is Now 27/05/2023 Disha Shetty When Elvis Ndikum Achiri, a long-time veteran of tobacco control campaigns, began collecting data on air pollution in his community in Cameroon, he was surprised to discover how many people around him, both young and old, suffered from related illnesses even though they had never smoked – including a beloved high school teacher who had […] Continue reading -> Huge Support for Universal Health Coverage and NCD Measures, But WHO Replenishment Fund is Rejected 25/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan & Megha Kaveri An impossibly long list of member states lined up to address universal health coverage (UHC) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at the World Health Assembly on Thursday afternoon, indicating the centrality of these issues for countries. There was near-universal support for primary health services to be the backbone of UHC, with disease prevention as the other […] Continue reading -> Child and Adolescent Obesity Rising More Sharply Than In Other Age Groups 02/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half of the world’s population may be overweight or obese by 2035—with the sharpest rise expected to occur among children and adolescents, according to a new report by the the World Obesity Federation. About 2.6 billion of the world’s 8 billion people are already overweight or obese, and COVID lockdowns likely exacerbated trends […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Aspartame: WHO and IARC to Release New Data on Carcinogenic Risks Next Week 05/07/2023 Megha Kaveri & Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO is set to release new data on Friday, 14 July on the carcinogenic risks of consuming aspartame, the artificial sweetener that is omnipresent in low-calorie soft-drinks, sweets and other processed foods, its head of nutrition, Dr Francesco Branca confirmed on Wednesday. A full WHO risk assessment on safe levels of exposure to the sugar […] Continue reading -> WHO Launches New Guideline for Protecting Children from Unhealthy Food Marketing 03/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a new guideline on Monday in a bid to push governments to adopt more stringent regulations on the marketing of unhealthy foods high in saturated fatty acids, trans-fatty acids, free sugars or salt (HFSS) to children. The UN health body has hardened its stance on what it describes as […] Continue reading -> Small Island Developing States at Nexus of Climate, Unhealthy Foods and Mental Health Challenges 14/06/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The burgeoning health issues of small island developing states – which are on the front lines of climate change, but also awash in handguns and ultra-processed food imports – is the focus of a high level ministerial meeting taking place in the Caribbean island of Barbados today and tomorrow. The SIDS Ministerial Conference on NCDs […] Continue reading -> Air Pollution Advocates Say Time to Act Is Now 27/05/2023 Disha Shetty When Elvis Ndikum Achiri, a long-time veteran of tobacco control campaigns, began collecting data on air pollution in his community in Cameroon, he was surprised to discover how many people around him, both young and old, suffered from related illnesses even though they had never smoked – including a beloved high school teacher who had […] Continue reading -> Huge Support for Universal Health Coverage and NCD Measures, But WHO Replenishment Fund is Rejected 25/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan & Megha Kaveri An impossibly long list of member states lined up to address universal health coverage (UHC) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at the World Health Assembly on Thursday afternoon, indicating the centrality of these issues for countries. There was near-universal support for primary health services to be the backbone of UHC, with disease prevention as the other […] Continue reading -> Child and Adolescent Obesity Rising More Sharply Than In Other Age Groups 02/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half of the world’s population may be overweight or obese by 2035—with the sharpest rise expected to occur among children and adolescents, according to a new report by the the World Obesity Federation. About 2.6 billion of the world’s 8 billion people are already overweight or obese, and COVID lockdowns likely exacerbated trends […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Launches New Guideline for Protecting Children from Unhealthy Food Marketing 03/07/2023 Stefan Anderson The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a new guideline on Monday in a bid to push governments to adopt more stringent regulations on the marketing of unhealthy foods high in saturated fatty acids, trans-fatty acids, free sugars or salt (HFSS) to children. The UN health body has hardened its stance on what it describes as […] Continue reading -> Small Island Developing States at Nexus of Climate, Unhealthy Foods and Mental Health Challenges 14/06/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The burgeoning health issues of small island developing states – which are on the front lines of climate change, but also awash in handguns and ultra-processed food imports – is the focus of a high level ministerial meeting taking place in the Caribbean island of Barbados today and tomorrow. The SIDS Ministerial Conference on NCDs […] Continue reading -> Air Pollution Advocates Say Time to Act Is Now 27/05/2023 Disha Shetty When Elvis Ndikum Achiri, a long-time veteran of tobacco control campaigns, began collecting data on air pollution in his community in Cameroon, he was surprised to discover how many people around him, both young and old, suffered from related illnesses even though they had never smoked – including a beloved high school teacher who had […] Continue reading -> Huge Support for Universal Health Coverage and NCD Measures, But WHO Replenishment Fund is Rejected 25/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan & Megha Kaveri An impossibly long list of member states lined up to address universal health coverage (UHC) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at the World Health Assembly on Thursday afternoon, indicating the centrality of these issues for countries. There was near-universal support for primary health services to be the backbone of UHC, with disease prevention as the other […] Continue reading -> Child and Adolescent Obesity Rising More Sharply Than In Other Age Groups 02/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half of the world’s population may be overweight or obese by 2035—with the sharpest rise expected to occur among children and adolescents, according to a new report by the the World Obesity Federation. About 2.6 billion of the world’s 8 billion people are already overweight or obese, and COVID lockdowns likely exacerbated trends […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Small Island Developing States at Nexus of Climate, Unhealthy Foods and Mental Health Challenges 14/06/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The burgeoning health issues of small island developing states – which are on the front lines of climate change, but also awash in handguns and ultra-processed food imports – is the focus of a high level ministerial meeting taking place in the Caribbean island of Barbados today and tomorrow. The SIDS Ministerial Conference on NCDs […] Continue reading -> Air Pollution Advocates Say Time to Act Is Now 27/05/2023 Disha Shetty When Elvis Ndikum Achiri, a long-time veteran of tobacco control campaigns, began collecting data on air pollution in his community in Cameroon, he was surprised to discover how many people around him, both young and old, suffered from related illnesses even though they had never smoked – including a beloved high school teacher who had […] Continue reading -> Huge Support for Universal Health Coverage and NCD Measures, But WHO Replenishment Fund is Rejected 25/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan & Megha Kaveri An impossibly long list of member states lined up to address universal health coverage (UHC) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at the World Health Assembly on Thursday afternoon, indicating the centrality of these issues for countries. There was near-universal support for primary health services to be the backbone of UHC, with disease prevention as the other […] Continue reading -> Child and Adolescent Obesity Rising More Sharply Than In Other Age Groups 02/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half of the world’s population may be overweight or obese by 2035—with the sharpest rise expected to occur among children and adolescents, according to a new report by the the World Obesity Federation. About 2.6 billion of the world’s 8 billion people are already overweight or obese, and COVID lockdowns likely exacerbated trends […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Air Pollution Advocates Say Time to Act Is Now 27/05/2023 Disha Shetty When Elvis Ndikum Achiri, a long-time veteran of tobacco control campaigns, began collecting data on air pollution in his community in Cameroon, he was surprised to discover how many people around him, both young and old, suffered from related illnesses even though they had never smoked – including a beloved high school teacher who had […] Continue reading -> Huge Support for Universal Health Coverage and NCD Measures, But WHO Replenishment Fund is Rejected 25/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan & Megha Kaveri An impossibly long list of member states lined up to address universal health coverage (UHC) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at the World Health Assembly on Thursday afternoon, indicating the centrality of these issues for countries. There was near-universal support for primary health services to be the backbone of UHC, with disease prevention as the other […] Continue reading -> Child and Adolescent Obesity Rising More Sharply Than In Other Age Groups 02/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half of the world’s population may be overweight or obese by 2035—with the sharpest rise expected to occur among children and adolescents, according to a new report by the the World Obesity Federation. About 2.6 billion of the world’s 8 billion people are already overweight or obese, and COVID lockdowns likely exacerbated trends […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Huge Support for Universal Health Coverage and NCD Measures, But WHO Replenishment Fund is Rejected 25/05/2023 Kerry Cullinan & Megha Kaveri An impossibly long list of member states lined up to address universal health coverage (UHC) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at the World Health Assembly on Thursday afternoon, indicating the centrality of these issues for countries. There was near-universal support for primary health services to be the backbone of UHC, with disease prevention as the other […] Continue reading -> Child and Adolescent Obesity Rising More Sharply Than In Other Age Groups 02/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half of the world’s population may be overweight or obese by 2035—with the sharpest rise expected to occur among children and adolescents, according to a new report by the the World Obesity Federation. About 2.6 billion of the world’s 8 billion people are already overweight or obese, and COVID lockdowns likely exacerbated trends […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Child and Adolescent Obesity Rising More Sharply Than In Other Age Groups 02/03/2023 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than half of the world’s population may be overweight or obese by 2035—with the sharpest rise expected to occur among children and adolescents, according to a new report by the the World Obesity Federation. About 2.6 billion of the world’s 8 billion people are already overweight or obese, and COVID lockdowns likely exacerbated trends […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Pandemic Crushes Nutrition ‘Decade of Action’ 03/02/2023 John Heilprin A new report on global nutrition from the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals just how much the COVID-19 pandemic hurt the world’s efforts to improve healthy eating and reduce diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Despite declaring 2016-2025 as the “United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition,” the UN General Assembly’s efforts to bolster nutrition […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts