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Wednesday, March 11th, 2009To commemorate World Consumer Rights Day, Panama’s Authority for Consumer Protection and Defense of Competition (ACODECO) hosted a forum on “No to the Marketing of Unhealthy Foods Targeted at Girls and Boys.” ACODECO’s Administrator, Pedro Meilán, opened the forum by noting the Authority’s role in protecting consumers in Panama and the alarming fact that Panama […]
INSP: México consume demasiado de las grasas dañinas
Thursday, March 5th, 2009Desde el Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP): CONSUME POBLACIÓN MEXICANA 11% MÁS GRASAS DAÑINAS DE LO PERMITIDO El alto consumo de grasas dañinas aumenta el riesgo de enfermedades relacionadas con la dieta, como las cardiovasculares y cerebrovasculares Recomiendan especialistas el uso de aceites de origen vegetal, margarina suave de alta calidad en lugar de […]
Toward a Caribbean Public Health Agency
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008Over the last three decades, the nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have developed a series of small health-related institutions for different tasks, spread out over different member states. In recent years some member governments have questioned the wisdom and cost-effectiveness of having such compartmentalization. And some have even dared to wonder aloud if the […]
Diabetes Along the Mexican Border
Monday, November 5th, 2007Pop Quiz: What's the leading cause of death in Mexico and the third leading cause of death among Mexicans living along the US border? Diabetes, more specifically, type 2 diabetes. Don't worry. I didn't know the answer either (blush) until I read this just-released report from the US Centers for Diasease Control (CDC), the Mexican […]
PAHO to Food Industry: Embrace “Trans-Fat Free Americas”
Friday, September 28th, 2007From the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): Nutrition Experts Call on Food Industry to Support “Trans Fat Free Americas” Experts on nutrition and public health are calling on leaders in the food industry to speed up the elimination of industrially produced trans fatty acids from the foods they produce and distribute, and to become partners […]