Published on International Diabetes Federation (http://www.idf.org)

Home > What We do > Advocacy and Policy > Global Campaigns > UN Summit on NCDs > Impact > Prevention

One Year On - Prevention [1]

Governments have scaled up diabetes prevention by tackling risk factors:

  • Denmark, France, Hungary, Finland, Peru and New York City have all implemented taxes on unhealthy foods (e.g. foods with a high saturated fat, salt and sugar content) post-UN Summit.
     
  • Fiji [2]doubled funding for NCD prevention in 2012, are increasing taxes on cigarettes and alcohol, and aim to decrease taxes on fruits and vegetables.
     
  • In Australia [3] all tobacco products must now be wrapped in unattractive plain paper and covered in graphic warnings.

Source URL: http://www.idf.org/one-year-prevention

Links:
[1] http://www.idf.org/one-year-prevention
[2] http://www.ncdalliance.org/node/3581
[3] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19264245