Tag: NCDs

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