Tag: NCDs

Study links ultra-processed foods to premature deaths

28 Apr 2025

A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine has linked the consumption of ultra-process foods to premature mortality. Previous studies have consistently found ...

Tags: NCDs, premature death, UPFs

Nutrition, key factor in life expectancy drop

04 Apr 2025

The rise in human life expectancy has slowed down across Europe since 2011, according to research from the University of East Anglia. A new study, published in The Lancet Publ...

Tags: Life expectancy, NCDs, Nutrition

UPF regulation too weak on systemic policies, Australian study highlights

20 Jan 2025

A study by three Australian universities has found that regulation on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) broadly places responsibility on consumers rather than the food industry, worldwi...

Tags: Labelling, NCDs, ultra-processed foods

Colorectal cancer increasing in younger population, according to The Lancet

12 Dec 2024

Colorectal cancer incidence is increasing among younger adults below 50 years in high-income western countries in contrast with the older population, a study published in The ...

Tags: Cancer, NCDs, ultra-processed foods

Discover Preventia’s Newsletter

11 Jul 2024

Subscribe HERE! SAFE launched the Newsletter for Preventia, or “NCDs prevention and health promotion through training, networking and awareness-raising across the EU – EUPr3ven...

Tags: NCDs, Newsletter, Preventia

Food as a medicine. Prescriptions for fresh fruit and vegetables help improve health

05 Sep 2023

A study showed that ‘prescriptions’ of free fresh fruits and vegetables given to people with diet-related diseases help them improve their health conditions, NPR report...

Tags: Healthy food, NCDs

The six essential foods to lower cardiovascular disease risk – Study

01 Sep 2023

A study conducted by McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences researchers at the Population Research Health Institute (PHRI) and published in the European Heart Journal fo...

Tags: cardiovascular risk, healthy eating, NCDs

Non-Communicable diseases (NCDs) cause more deaths than infectious diseases

18 Jan 2023

A report from the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes and respiratory pathologies, current...

Tags: healthy eating, NCDs, WHO

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

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