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Making cardiovascular health a European health priority will save millions of lives
05 Jul 2024
Share this article According to Euractiv, Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) account for 37% of all deaths in Europe, causing around 1.7 million deaths annually, with significant geogra...
Tags: cardiovascular diseases, Council of the European Union, Preventia
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Recent study sets the research agenda on childhood obesity determinants
02 Dec 2021
Childhood obesity has become a global epidemic and is considered as a major metabolic liability in many countries. The rising concern of this phenomenon is due to its association i...
Tags: cardiovascular diseases, childhood, Obesity, Sugar
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England’s Public Health body reports on sugar reduction plans
08 Oct 2020
Food companies have only managed a 3% sugar reduction in food products, Public Health England (PHE) reported in a report assessing its voluntary sugar reduction plan from 2015 to 2...
Tags: cardiovascular diseases, NCDs, Obesity, Soft-drinks tax, Sugar, Sugar tax, UK
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New US study shows benefits of Sugar tax models
24 Jun 2020
A study published in the Circulation (official journal from the American Heart Association) showed a simulation model of different designs of taxes on sugary drinks (linked to obes...
Tags: cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes, NCDs, Obesity, Soft-drinks tax, Sugar, Sugar tax, US
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EFSA extends its deadline to give an opinion on added sugars
23 Jul 2019
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has delayed the release of its opinion concerning added sugar until 2021. As obesity, type 2 diabete, tooth decay or cardiovascular diseas...
Tags: cardiovascular diseases, diabete, EFSA, Obesity, SAFE, Scientific Opinion, Sugar, tooth decay