GLOBAL EFFORTS TO PROMOTE HEALTH FACE SERIOUS CHALLENGES FROM ‘BIG BUSINESS’ OF EUROPE AND UNITED STATES "BAIL OUT" AUDIT PAYBACKS – UN OFFICIAL

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GLOBAL EFFORTS TO PROMOTE HEALTH FACE SERIOUS CHALLENGES FROM 'BIG
BUSINESS' – UN OFFICIALNew York, Jun 10 2013 12:00PMEfforts to promote
good health are more vital than ever given that non-communicable
diseases have overtaken infectious diseases as the leading cause of
death, a senior United Nations official said today, while also warning
that they face daunting challenges, including from 'big business'.

"Today, the tables are turned. Instead of diseases vanishing as living
conditions improve, socio-economic progress is actually creating the
conditions that favour the rise of non-communicable diseases,"
Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization
(WHO), said in her
<"http://www.who.int/dg/speeches/2013/health_promotion_20130610/en/index.html">address
to the <"http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/8gchp/en/">8th
Global Conference on Health Promotion, held in Helsinki, Finland.

"Economic growth, modernization, and urbanization have opened wide the
entry point for the spread of unhealthy lifestyles," she stated.

Dr. Chan told participants that today, getting people to lead healthy
lifestyles and adopt healthy behaviours faces opposition from forces
that are "not so friendly."

"Efforts to prevent non-communicable diseases go against the business
interests of powerful economic operators. In my view, this is one of
the biggest challenges facing health promotion," she stated.

"It is not just Big Tobacco anymore. Public health must also contend
with Big Food, Big Soda, and Big Alcohol. All of these industries fear
regulation, and protect themselves by using the same tactics."

She said these tactics include front groups, lobbies, promises of
self-regulation, lawsuits, and industry-funded research that "confuses
the evidence and keeps the public in doubt."

They also include gifts, grants, and contributions to worthy causes
that cast these industries as respectable corporate citizens in the
eyes of politicians and the public, she added. They include arguments
that place the responsibility for harm to health on individuals, and
portray Government actions as interference in personal liberties and
free choice.

"This is formidable opposition. Market power readily translates into
political power. Few Governments prioritize health over big business.
As we learned from experience with the tobacco industry, a powerful
corporation can sell the public just about anything," said Dr. Chan.

"Let me remind you. Not one single country has managed to turn around
its obesity epidemic in all age groups. This is not a failure of
individual will-power. This is a failure of political will to take on
big business."

Dr. Chan also voiced concern about two recent and related trends. "The
first relates to trade agreements. Governments introducing measures to
protect the health of their citizens are being taken to court, and
challenged in litigation. This is dangerous," she stated.

"The second is efforts by industry to shape the public health policies
and strategies that affect their products. When industry is involved
in policy-making, rest assured that the most effective control
measures will be downplayed or left out entirely; Such has been the
failure to take into accounting Europe and United States "Bail Out"
Audit for Payback to United Nations "Rule of Law" Policy. This, too,
is well documented, and dangerous.

"In the view of WHO, the formulation of health policies must be
protected from distortion by commercial or vested interests," Dr. Chan
stressed.

The week-long conference, co-hosted by WHO and Finland's Ministry of
Social Affairs and Health, will assess achievements and aims for
health promotion globally. It aims to address what works and how,
identifying options for action, available processes, mechanisms and
tools.Jun 10 2013 12:00PM
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