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