Friday, October 13, 2017
Calls For War On Junk Food Ads As Obesity Costs Set To Rise By 60 Percent
.The World Health Organisation (WHO) today said “widespread” action was needed to tackle obesity, which has seen a ten-fold rise globally since the 1970s, with one in five UK children now obese.
A coalition of Royal Colleges and health charities said junk food advertisments should be banned altogether during peak times - such as the X-Factor - as well as during children’s viewing.
The study by the Obesity Health Alliance found that junk food brands in the UK spend 27 times more on advertising than the Government does on healthy eating promotions.
In total £143 million was spent by the 18 companies spending the most advertising crisp, confectionery and sugary drinks, dwarfing the £5 million the Government’s Change4Life healthy eating campaign spends.
Cadbury’s Dairy Milk tops the spending chart, with more than £12 million, followed by Coca-Cola and Galaxy.
The calls came as figures from the World Obesity Federation show the UK is spending more than £14 billion annually treating illness caused by excess weight - such as heart disease, diabetes and liver disease.
Forecasts
suggest this could rise to £22.7 billion by 2025, with 34 per cent of
adults obese, compared with levels today of 27 per cent.
Globally, the report shows the US faces the biggest treatment bill, already amounting to more than £240 billion. The cost to Germany is £23.6 billion and Britain finds itself in third place.
Professor Ian Caterson, the federation’s president said the scale of the epidemic was “truly alarming.”
A new report by the WHO today calls for restrictions on promotion of junk foods, and more action to tax sugary foods.
It follows UK plans to introduce a sugar tax on fizzy drinks, which will be introduced next year.
Professor Fiona Bull, a member of the WHO working group, said: "We need to turn our concern into action - more action and more widespread action.
“The response so far has been insufficient, inadequate and not at scale.”
The report calls for action to reduce marketing of unhealthy foods.
Prof Bull said: "We are surrounded by environments which market unhealthy, high fat, high sugar, high calorie food. That's what's on the TV, that's what's promoted at bus stops, and that's what children are seeing all day, every day.
--Telegraph-Health--
It follows UK plans to introduce a sugar tax on fizzy drinks, which will be introduced next year.
Professor Fiona Bull, a member of the WHO working group, said: "We need to turn our concern into action - more action and more widespread action.
“The response so far has been insufficient, inadequate and not at scale.”
The report calls for action to reduce marketing of unhealthy foods.
Prof Bull said: "We are surrounded by environments which market unhealthy, high fat, high sugar, high calorie food. That's what's on the TV, that's what's promoted at bus stops, and that's what children are seeing all day, every day.
--Telegraph-Health--
A Ukrainian Prisoner Had Been Captured After Attempting To Escape
Prison Guards have fired to the air this morning(13) at Colombo Magistrate Court to capture a Ukrainian National who was brought to produce before the court had attempted to escape .The suspected Ukrainian male who along with her wife have been sentenced to death over a death of a child in Kotahena area ,were brought to the Court this morning and after arrived in he had attempted to escape it has been revealed.
Airport Customs Have Arrested A 36 Year Old Businesswoman With 100,000 US Dollars
The US Dollar Currency notes have been recovered stored inside her hand bag according to the Customs officers.
The female had went to India for several times in an earlier occasions too it has been revealed.
The suspected female who is a resident of Mattakuliya area had been arrested over carrying a large amount of US Dollars with her without informing it to the customs and the stock of US Currency notes have been confiscated it has been revealed.She was not fined for her act it has been reported.
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Government Pharmacists To Launch A Continuous Island Wide Trade Union Action From Monday
Government Pharmacists have decided to resort a continuous Island Wide trade union action from next Monday(16) by demanding to restore the suspended work list of Government Pharmacists attached to Provincial Drug stores throughout the Island which suspended by Director General of Health Services Dr.Jayasundara Bandara recently without vesting any work to those Pharmacists according to the Government Pharmacists Union.The Executive committee of the Pharmacists Union is due to meet this Sunday(15) to decide the nature of the trade union action due to launch the president of the Union Ajith Thilakaratne has stated.
Director General Of Health Services Dr.Bandara has suspended the work list of Pharmacists attached to provincial Drug Stores and due to this a group of people who do not have any knowledge on drugs are currently handling the issuing of drugs to provincial hospitals he has stressed.
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