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Nutrition, Health and Chronic Diseases

Nutrition, Health and Chronic Diseases. Franco Sassi PhD OECD, Health Division 3 rd OECD Food Chain Network meeting Paris, 25-26 October 2012. UN High-level Meeting on NCDs. Leading Risk Factors for Health Attributable Mortality, 2004. Source: WHO, 2009.

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Nutrition, Health and Chronic Diseases

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  1. Nutrition, Health and Chronic Diseases Franco Sassi PhD OECD, Health Division 3rd OECD Food Chain Network meeting Paris, 25-26 October 2012

  2. UN High-level Meeting on NCDs

  3. Leading Risk Factors for HealthAttributable Mortality, 2004 Source: WHO, 2009

  4. Deaths from NCDsWorldwide, by Income Group Source: WHO estimates and projections, 2008

  5. The Obesity Epidemic Source: OECD Obesity Update, 2012

  6. Obesity: a Global Epidemic In Brazil, obesity tripled in men and doubled in women in 30 years; in India, up to 40% are overweight in urban areas Diabetes in China is now as common as in the US Obesity accounts for less than 1% of GDP in most OECD countries, over 1% in the US and up to 4% in China % of adult population

  7. Overweight and Obesity in Children

  8. The Cost of Obesity Sources: Roux & Donaldson, 2004; Konnopkaet al., 2011

  9. What Can Prevention Achieve?

  10. An Affordable Prevention Package 1.2 0.4

  11. Where Do We Go from Here? • Search for more causes? • Many causal factors irreversible and likely to have increased welfare, overall • Need to search solutions that work: • Effective at individual level • Meaningful impact at population level • Cost-effective • Positive impact on health disparities

  12. What Solutions? Increasing choice Information, education, influencing established preferences (nudging) Raising prices on unhealthy choices Banning unhealthy behaviours

  13. Prevention is Everyone’s Business Ministry of Health Government Ministry of Education Ministry of Transport International Organizations Civil Society Ministry of Agriculture Private Industries Academia Interest Groups

  14. What are We Here for? • Breaking barriers • Listening to each other • Opening our minds to different perspectives • Improving our understanding of: • What is at stake • What works • What solutions are viable

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