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What's New

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas 
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Meetings and Events of the CARMEN Network: List and Access 
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Press & Media Information

PAHO Today - December 2007 Edition 
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Nutrition Experts Call for 'Trans Fat Free Americas' 
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Harvard Nutritionist Walter Willett to Speak at PAHO Meeting on Transfatty Acids 
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Fact Sheets & Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Chronic Diseases: PAHO Activities 
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Health Surveillance and Disease Prevention and Control at PAHO 
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All About Diabetes 
ADA

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Links to PAHO sites

Cancer Page

Cardiovascular Disease Page

CARMEN Initiative

Diabetes Page

Hypertension Page

Noncommunicable Disease Unit

Publications:
- Child Nutrition
- Fitness
- Lifestyles
- Noncommunicable Diseases
  - Cancer
  - Cardiovascular Diseases
- Nutrition and Diseases
- Obesity

Links to other sites

Diet and physical activity: a public-health priority 
WHO

We Can! Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition 
We can!

Current Regional Campaign (Americas)

New!Campaign Website

Video! Don Francisco, PAHO Team Up To Fight Obesity

Don Francisco urges campaign to reduce obesity: Television superstar addresses PAHO Directing Council

Don Francisco y OPS en Costa Rica: ¡A comer bien y a moverse América!

5 frutas y verduras al día en las Américas: de la idea a la acción regional

Impulso panamericano en favor de una dieta saludable y actividad física

Newsletter

Chronic Disease Prevention and Control in the Americas

Built Environments

Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas, Vol. 2, No. 8, August 2008 
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Promoting Physical Activity in the Caribbean (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 6-7 May 2008) 
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Promoting Active Lifestyles and Healthy Urban Spaces: The Cultural and Spatial Transformation of Bogotá, Colombia 
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Research Projects

The Obesity Epidemic in the Americas: Making Healthy Choices the Easiest Choices  
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Prevalence of and risk factors for overweight among school girls 12 to 19 years old in a semi-urban region of Ecuador 
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Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Costa Rican elementary school Children 
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Regional Strategy (Americas)

Trans Fat Free Americas: Declaration of Rio de Janeiro
Regional Strategy on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases Including Diet, Physical Activity, and Health
Global Strategy on Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, and Health (DPAS): Implementation Plan for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2006–2007
Regional Program on Healthy Eating and Active Living
National Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity, and Health in Brazil

WHO Global Strategy

Diet and Physical Activity: A Public Health Priority (main WHO site)
May 2004: Final Strategy Document and Resolution
Process for Developing the Global Strategy
Fruits and Vegetables for Health

Extent of the Global Problem

- Chronic Diseases
- Cancer

- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Diabetes

- Obesity and Overweight
- Physical Inactivity

Conferences & Meetings

Healthy Caribbean 2008: Chronic Disease Prevention Civil Society Conference (Barbados, 16–18 October 2008) 
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Introduction to Social Marketing: Its Application for Promoting Healthy Lifestyles (Mexico City, Mexico, 28 July – 1 August 2008) 
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Annual Meeting of the CARMEN Observatory on Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Policy: Mobilizing for Action (Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 12-13 May 2008) 
PHAC

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Population Groups

CARMEN School International Course: Social Marketing and Preventing Child Obesity (Santiago, Chile, 26–27 August 2008) 
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We Can! Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition 
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Child Health 
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Health Surveillance & Disease Prevention & Control: Chronic DiseasesHome Page -
Cancer: Cervical Cancer - Cardiovascular Diseases - CARMEN -
Chronic Disease Newsletter - Brazil Newsletter -
Diabetes - Healthy Eating & Active Living - Hypertension - Nutrition - Obesity - Regional Strategy -
Communicable Diseases - Health Analysis & Statistics - Veterinary Public Health