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Army 1st Lt. 1969-1971 • Youth Sunday School Teacher-23 Years • General Dentist-24 Years • Texas Aggie Yell Leader '68 Republican for State Board of Education Paid Political Ad Don McLeroy School Board Campaign Merrill Green Treasurer P O Box 3374, Bryan TX 77805 4B Thursday, October 31, 2002 THE BATTAL|0|J WHO report ranks top healtfcl" -1 hazards, calls for bold strategy N* LONDON (AP) — ~ m LONDON (AP) Governments may have to con sider legislation to reduce the salt, fat, sugar and other unhealthy ingredients in manufactured foods, according to a new report by the World Health Organization. The recommendation is in this year’s annual World Health Report, which for the first time tries to rank the major threats to health worldwide and examine ways to reduce them. The report examines the 20 biggest risks to human health and their impact on disease, disability and death. It estimates that if these threats were tackled, at least an extra decade of healthy life could be achieved in even the poorest countries, and people in the richest nations could gain another five years of healthy life. Food and drink play a central role in many of the health risks examined, from the top-ranked problem of underweight to the scourge of overweight, ranked 10th. “Bold policies are required,” the report says. “A mixture of public and private sector agree ments and legislation are required to create the social milieu for health gains resulting from tobac co taxation or gradual changes to food manufacturing.” WHO Director General Dr. Gro Brundtland noted that Britain had successfully reduced the salt content in bread and many processed foods, “and I’m sure with sugar it could be the same. You could obviously get a code of conduct where certain products should not have a sugar level over X.” Detailed, accurate and easily understandable labels about fat content also are needed so that people know what they are eating and have a choice, she said. The report, one of largest research projects ever undertaken by the U.N. health agency, also concluded that alcohol is respon sible for far more deaths and dis ease than previously thought. Malnutrition is still the worst health problem, accounting for one in 14 deaths globally. A summary of the findings was published Wednesday in the online version of The Lancet THE WORLD HEALTH REPORT 2002 The world Is x IMng dangerously Life expectancy can increase by five to 10 years it measure* are taken against 10 health risks that account for about 40 percent ot annual deaths, according to the report. Top ranked health risks Percentage represents lost healthy years caused by each risk Oevslopsd countries Developed oountnai - . , ' / Devetopsig countnes wwi low mofljk, Tobacco Blood pressure Alcohol Overweight Low MjH-" Physical riacSvly Ike* drugs Lins els sex Iron Developing countries with high mortality 12 2% Underweight 1 o 0 Unsale sex 0 2 Unsafe staler* 7 6 Indoor smoke** Zinc deficiency 32 3 1 VTIamtn A deficiency Bkxxl {.wftskswne Tobecoo 0 7 Cholesterol end hygniw " Smoke Som tMemg o> soSd kjee *** Low Sul and memo, ran ana, e • VWxtd Awe rliiiefiwion to, Mgeanoome ilOisWW OriiWnungoouawereyrr, Vw pmMeM rvxrOer o< death, lor cMdan undw Svs B 3.0 2.9 20 t e ^•rilorXnj counWe 149% wm ' lo * Alcohol g|j 10 2 Blood prsnurt {Hr Tobacco B, UndamegN (n Ovwwwghl 121 CtXXMtWDl |2| LowhA— |t; Indoorsmoti" |t; Iron datamcy | tj Onsal,wstar |.; SOURCE World MsSSfi Report TOCO medical journal, accompanied by a critique by two Cambridge University experts who cautioned against placing too much empha sis on the relative rankings of the different health hazards. They said the estimates depend on the quality of the studies underlying them and that some hazards, such as high blood pressure, have been extensively studied and are well understood, while others, such as exercise and diet, are less understood and their importance has likely been underestimated. “Public health surveillance on this scale is a new and immature, science,” said the scientists. Dr. John Powles and Nicholas Day from the Institute of Public Health at Cambridge. “This exercise ... should still be regarded as a report of work in progress.” The top 10 health hazards worldwide, in terms of how much disease and death they cause, are, in order of danger: underweight, unsafe sex, high blood pressure, tobacco, alco hol, contaminated water, sani tation and hygiene, iron defi ciency, indoor pollution, high cholesterol and obesity. “This report brings out for the first time that 40 percent of the global deaths are due to just the 10 biggest risk factors, while the next 10 risk factors add less than 10 percent,"sa Alan Lopez, a WHO seniorx:-| ence adviser. The report also ranks hazards separately for groups: the poorest rep; such as sub-Saharan Africii parts of South Asia, otkl developing countries andal developed world. No in ual country' listings are gk In the poorest group,msl trition was by far the m health hazard, followed:il unsafe sex — which retell the massive HIV/AIDS in those areas. Researchers were sup to find that indoor from the burning of mar.a| and charcoal forcookingi es much illness and de; was the fourth-leading hazard in that region, irj unsafe water, sanitation hygiene, but had never noticed before, said there^'j lead author, Dr. ChrisW Murray, executive directtrf WHO’s global program or, dence for health policy. In other developing! tries, alcohol turned out; the biggest menace to hi followed by high blood sure and tobacco. UnderwiJ and overweight jostled position in fourth and places respect 1 '! Cholesterol came next, low fruit and vegetable ini I he fre Me Chechen order tha been give mature, t take such bent tem With t to suicid* fought. T well: “T! 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