Buying of energy drinks was prohibited for children

In the Sharjah Municipality (UAE) there are some good news. Children under 16 are banned from buying energy drinks. It will be interesting to follow the effects this mesure will have in the population. Acording to this publication, the sale of energy drinks was prohibited in schools in the UAE in 2012 under health guidelines from the Ministry of Education, while their sale was banned in Saudi Arabia last year. in, http://www.thenational...

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Social Determinants of Health, do you know them?

Health inequality among people between and within countries is significant and constitutes an urgent issue of social justice. It is clear that these health inequalities are the result of differences in living conditions; the environment in which a person is born, grows, lives, works, ages, and dies. Statistics illustrating health inequalities (WHO, Commission of the Social Determinants of Health 2008 Final Report): The life time risk of maternal...

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NCD mortality and morbidity

Did you know that... ...of 56 million global deaths in 2012, 38 million, or 68%, were due to noncommunicable diseases. The four main NCDs are cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and chronic lung diseases. The burden of these diseases is rising disproportionately among lower income countries and populations. In 2012, nearly three quarters of noncommunicable disease deaths -- 28 million -- occurred in low- and middle-income countries...

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