Open AccessSuccess of 2013–2020 World Health Organization action plan to control non‐communicable diseases would require pollutants control
Author(s) -
Lee Hong Kyu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of diabetes investigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.089
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 2040-1124
pISSN - 2040-1116
DOI - 10.1111/jdi.12247
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , action plan , diabetes mellitus , action (physics) , tobacco control , non communicable disease , control (management) , public health , nursing , physics , management , quantum mechanics , economics , endocrinology , ecology , biology
To control diabetes epidemic and NCDs, WHO has been promoting its action plans since 2000, but diabetes epidemic is continuing. New action plan for 2013‐2020 aim to reduce shared risk factors of NCDs, such as tobacco use, unhealthy (i.e., high fat) diet, physical inactivity and harmful use of alcohol and is strengthening the risk reduction measures, such as taxing on tobacco, alcohol and sugary beverages, banning advertisements of unhealthy foods. However it might fail because it did not consider the contribution of environmental pollution on the pathogenesis of diabetes and NCDs.