World leaders at a UN meeting on Monday, the first food , drink and tobacco industry is being affected by the powerful lobby that concern the rescue "lifestyle " to try to prevent the spread of diseases will agree on a deal .
Cancer , heart disease , diabetes and lung conditions already health bills and productive citizens of rich countries dear in terms of life cycle cost . But " non- communicable diseases " (NCDs) World Health Organization called for the curse rapidly together with alcohol and smoking , poor diet and sedentary lifestyle fueled by obesity as a consequence of the world is spreading to all parts . 9M these diseases before the age of about 60 , including 36m 57m around the world in 2008 were responsible for the death - and many are preventable .
Countries such as the UK heavy smoking bans , cigarette and alcohol taxes imposed on junk food advertising to children is limited, most developing countries have yet to address these problems - and food and tobacco industry marketing and production strategies there are charged in Europe or North America would be unacceptable .
The scale of these diseases and destructive capacity of a health problem on Monday, only the second high-level UN summit has led to the call - the first in 2001, AIDS was over . Months of negotiations, a draft declaration that will be signed at the meeting is due . World Health Organization (WHO) 2025 by 25% by the proposed cutting preventable deaths - experts problem and it calls for all governments to take action to reflect the definition of the problem , however, is the absence of targets there is widespread concern that will reduce its impact .
"If you are in public health , it is a huge step . Has a high- level meeting 'm thrilled , " said former Department Director Robert Beaglehole, Auckland , New Zealand , Professor Emeritus at the University , said: that he and chronic diseases .
But before the announcement of the seriousness of the problem and low and middle income countries will cause economic loss of about all the right things , "action statements are disappointingly weak ," he said . " If there is a serious purpose , to assess how you are progressing ?" Without goals , adding , " Accountability is a problem ."
Ann Keeling , NCD Alliance , a global federation of organizations fighting the disease chair , as well as feelings .it is .. need more resources , agree to the commitments made at any time , or too little is not . different stages on the table and disappeared for a couple of important things in 2014 are beginning . "
It had a limit of salt consumption targets that failed to make the addition . Most of the developed world more than the daily recommended levels , reduce salt intake per person per day for 5G member states to ask the European Union a proposal by Norway , Australia , Japan , U.S. and Canada was blocked by .
Such Graham MacGregor, a professor of medicine at St George 's in London, the heart and the campaign group World Action on Salt and Health chairman , the experts of their own commercial interests, government negotiators were swept away by it . "The European Union, in our view , is very much in the hands of the food industry , " he said . It only added salt to the interests of the producers , but such as bread makers of food products that are high in salt is not . "
Tobacco Control has announced harsh words , there are re- established goals . America 's largest tobacco exporter in the world - the critics in the U.S. is tough on tobacco , its officials still are obligated to support the export of tobacco .
Behind the scenes lobbying against NCDs concern at the meeting and any global strategy to address conflicts of interest within the movement is due to a vocal . Corporations in the developing world, baby milk marketing campaign and fought but the difference between groups urged the UN to recognize food , alcohol , tobacco and essential medicines , including those working on issues of those who led to more than 100 organizations , representing industry , and the results had a commercial interest to those involved with the development of codes of conduct .
They have had little success - " to promote health and reduce NCD risk factors in the collaborative partnership " to promote a healthy lifestyle through diet and engage with " the private sector and civil society ." final Declaration calls for all stakeholders .
Keeling NCD Alliance - Member organizations which are critical for the industry to accept some of the funding - is unfortunate conflict .
"We regulate the private sector or possibly a role in policy development is not agree , " he said, but the industry was to be part of the solution . Food companies with salt , fat and sugar to reduce regulation without voluntary agreements can only have a limited impact , they offer health benefits for workers in remote rural areas in poor countries companies are working out . Chevron , for example , to talk about the state of health care in Africa in places where " Heart disease is a major work program is" .
Any attempt to minimize the seriousness of the problem is . Summit of these preventable diseases " increasingly many low and middle income countries is a threat to the health and economic security " warning , the World Bank released a report before the addition of an avalanche . The most " out of their way to treat " can not , it says. 65 -year-olds is a chronic disease and a growing number of young people infected with the country " lose the next generation can" - where a quarter of 18 , Ukraine cites .
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