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Title: Preventing chronic disease and promoting sustainable social policy
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Preventing chronic diseaseand promoting
sustainable social policy
- Anna Coote
Commissioner
for Health, UKSDC - December 2007
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Sustainable development
Why prevention matters
Sustainable prevention
Identifying barriers
Towards a sustainable social policy
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Sustainable development
ENSURING A STRONG, HEALTHY AND JUST SOCIETY
LIVING WITHIN ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITS
ACHIEVING A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY
PROMOTING GOOD GOVERNANCE
USING SOUND SCIENCE RESPONSIBLY
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Preventing chronic disease
- Releases resources for treating unavoidable
illness - Improves individual health and well being
- Secures long-term viability of health services
- Safeguards the future
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Projected global distribution of chronic disease
deaths
WHO, 2005
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Obesity
- One in four people affected
- Nearly 1 in 3 children under 11 overweight or
obese by 2010 - Strong links with diabetes, heart disease and
other illness - Counting the cost
