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Study finds high support for public health interventions, few worries about encroaching ‘nanny state’
Posted by The Pump Handle on March 18, 2013
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A new study finds that the public does, indeed, support legal interventions aimed at curbing noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity. However, they’re more likely to support interventions that create the conditions that help people make the healthy choice on their own.
The Global “Slow-motion Catastrophe” of Chronic Disease
Posted by Liz Borkowski on May 2, 2011 Last week in Moscow, the World Health Organization and Russian Federation held the First Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyles and Noncommunicable Disease Control, which addressed the “slow-motion catastrophe” of rising rates of non-communicable illnesses like heart disease and diabetes. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan warned that diabetes rates have skyrocketed in both rich and poor…