NCD Tag

New Zealand is currently facing an obesity and non communicable diseases (NCDs) epidemic. Recent studies have largely attributed these health issues to insufficient food and low-quality diets that cause micronutrient deficiencies. Improving healthy diets requires broader thinking and collaboration, particularly around maintaining sustainable food systems,...

This WHO plan provides a range of policy options which, when implemented collectively between 2013 and 2020, will attain nine voluntary global targets, including that of a 25% relative reduction in premature mortality from NCDs by 2025 (2013)....