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Tackling the epidemic of non-communicable diseases

Posted by: Kevin Fenton, Posted on: 27 February 2014 - Categories: Health and Wellbeing, Reducing the burden of disease

...local government and the NHS on: public health issues (smoking, alcohol, drugs, mental health, physical activity, blood pressure control, diet and obesity, sexual health); health marketing and behavioural change; health...

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Changing the cultural context of obesity

Posted by: Kevin Fenton, Posted on: 16 January 2014 - Categories: Health and Wellbeing, Reducing the burden of disease, Social marketing

Obesity can sometimes be hard to spot, even though it’s all around us. Take parents, who think their child is about the right weight, even when the child is actually overweight or obese – this happens to nearly one in …

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