Alliance sur les MNT

The UN General Assembly has voted in favour of a UN Resolution tabled on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states to hold the first ever UN Summit on Non-communicable Diseases (NCD) in September 2011. Over 100 countries, including US, Brazil, Canada, Russia, China, India and the United Kingdom cosponsored the resolution, indicating that NCDs have become a global priority for world leaders and a core development issue on the global agenda.

The White House has released a comprehensive action plan for ending the US childhood obesity epidemic - and its life-threatening consequences - by 2030. Published in a report by White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity, the action plan focuses on two critical strategies: improving eating habits and increasing physical activity.