FAO and WHO are strengthening their disease surveillance and response operations to include food sabotage and to provide guidance to Member States in the development of their programmes for prevention, detection, and response to terrorist threats to food.
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世卫组织敦促全球采取行动遏制含糖饮料的消费和对健康的不良影响
WHO urges global action to curtail consumption and health impacts of sugary drinks
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2016年10月11日 | 新闻稿 | 日内瓦
11 October 2016 | News release | GENEVA
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世卫组织的一份新报告指出,对含糖饮料征税能够降低消费量,并能够减少肥胖、二型糖尿病和蛀牙。
Taxingsugary drinks can lower consumption and reduce obesity, type 2 diabetes and tooth decay, says a new WHO report.
Fiscal policies that lead to at least a 20% increase in the retail price of sugary drinks would result in proportional reductions in consumption of such products, according to the report titled “ Fiscal policies for Diet and Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) ”.
Reduced consumption of sugary drinks means lower intake of “free sugars” and calories overall, improved nutrition and fewer people suffering from overweight, obesity, diabetes and tooth decay.
Free sugars refer to monosaccharides (such as glucose or fructose) and disaccharides (such as sucrose or table sugar) added to foods and drinks by the manufacturer, cook, or consumer, and sugars naturally present in honey, syrups, fruit juices, and fruit juice concentrates.
“Consumption of free sugars, including products like sugary drinks, is a major factor in the global increase of people suffering from obesity and diabetes,” says Dr Douglas Bettcher, Director of WHO’s Department for the Prevention of NCDs.