Today is to bring about an awareness for the need for healthy life styles for the children and focus on prevention. Studies are beginning to show relationships of obesity to cancer so the campaign here today is to remind us all about healthy life styles and eating habits. You can also add your name as a supporter here as well. BD
The prevalence of overweight and obesity is rising dramatically among adults and children around the world. According to the World Health Organization, 1 billion adults are overweight and at least 300 million of these are clinically obese.
On World Cancer Day, 4 February 2009, UICC will launch "I love my healthy active childhood", the second full-year theme in the "Today's children, tomorrow's world" cancer prevention campaign.
UICC aims to raise awareness of the link between overweight, obesity and cancer.
Because healthy habits start early, the campaign calls on families, health professionals, educators and policymakers to help children eat a healthy diet and be physically active, so that they can maintain a healthy body weight – setting them on the right path to reduce their risk of cancer later in life.
UICC | World Cancer Campaign - 'I love my healthy active childhood' overview
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