Sentences with phrase «combat rising obesity»

«To combat rising obesity rates, the Brazilian government created the Academia das Cidades program, or City Academies, to give residents free access to fitness facilities and instructors,» said Eduardo Simoes, M.D., chair of the MU Department of Health Management and Informatics and lead author of the study.

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Public health experts developed the traffic light system in the UK in 2006 in an effort to help combat rising levels of obesity and diseases such as heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
To combat rising rates of obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer, many countries are considering slapping taxes on unhealthy foods.
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