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Adding Value to Pacific Island Foods November 5th -7th, 2008 Sebel Hotel, Parramatta

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Adding Value to Pacific Island Foods November 5th -7th, 2008 Sebel Hotel, Parramatta

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    1. Adding Value to Pacific Island Foods November 5th -7th, 2008 Sebel Hotel, Parramatta The Global Obesity Epidemic and its Impact on Health Stephen Leeder The Menzies Centre for Health Policy The University of Sydney.

    2. The metabolic transition

    3. The global Obesity Epidemic

    4. Dietary changes - everywhere

    5. Tutorial group – University of Sydney Medical School – short break, tall stack…

    7. And in the US…

    8. Urban and Rural Populations: 1950 - 2030

    9. Causes of death: 1990-2020

    11. Costs of chronic Disease Labour and productivity lost due to mortality and morbidity Expenditure required to treat chronic disease.

    12. Labour erosion: Productive Years of Life lost in 2000 due to CVD

    13. Global Goal 2015 To reduce death rates from all chronic diseases by 2% per year over and above existing trends during the next 10 years.

    14. The Global Goal 2015

    15. Prevention in the Food Environment Policy options Taxation on food Changes in agricultural subsidies Health education and health promotion Food advertising standards Nutritional labelling on packaged foods. - Greenberg et al., 2006

    16. Economic policy In Poland Reduction in subsidies for dairy and other animal fats Between 1990 and 2002: - consumption of saturated fat 7% - consumption of unsaturated fat 57% - ratio of the two 70% - mortality due to coronary heart disease 24%. - Zatonski & Willet, 2005

    17. Current Policies in India National Program on Diabetes, CVD and Stroke (NPCDS) Ministry of Health ban on soft drinks and fast foods in schools, colleges and universities National Agricultural Policy for greater access to fruit and vegetables.

    18. In the case of India ‘ The campaign against obesity must follow a…path of public education and advocacy for appropriate regulation, through a broad based coalition of stakeholders’ - Srinath Reddy, 2006

    21. And remember…

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