Who says what on health

16 million deaths a year could be avoided by spending no more than $3 per person, according to the World Health Organisation’s new Global Status Report on Non-Communicable Diseases 2014, published on 19th January.

It urges every country to adopt national dietary guidelines including tobacco use and recommends a series of ‘best buy’ measures, such as:

• salt, sugar and caffeine reduction strategies including taxation
• replacing trans fats with polyunsaturated fats
• restricting or banning alcohol advertising
• public awareness programmes on diet and physical activity.

How long can we go on accepting inactivity and inaction ?