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SUMMARY: The only ways is upstream — The NCD emergency\, intergeneration
 al inequality and the urge need for systems change - Prof Martin White\, M
 D FFPH
DTSTART:20200306T174500Z
DTEND:20200306T190000Z
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CONTACT:Ali Mashhadi
DESCRIPTION:Summary:\n\nNon-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a growing th
 reat to population health\, productivity society and the economy in the UK
  and globally. The UK has some of the highest levels of overweight and obe
 sity in western Europe\, which are driving the growing incidence of type 2
  diabetes and associated metabolic disorders. Excess calorie intake is the
  key driver of obesity and thus a key risk for type 2 diabetes. The future
  costs of these conditions will have devastating impacts on health service
 s and economic productivity. And these impacts will most seriously affect 
 future generations.\n\nWhile people living with established diabetes or ob
 esity need appropriate treatment and advice to reduce risk of adverse cons
 equences\, such efforts will make little difference to the growing epidemi
 c. To reverse the epidemic requires urgent interventions at societal level
  to change risk levels for whole populations. The key underlying drivers o
 f unhealthy diet lie in the commercial food system. In this lecture I will
  discuss what needs to change\, why it needs to change and how it can be c
 hanged to benefit present and future generations.\n\n
LOCATION:Wolfson College\, Lee Hall
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