A professor of health law in the United States, Lawrence Gostin argues that global terrorism is a real threat, but a lower risk of obesity, diabetes and smoking-related diseases.

“Since 11 September, still limping from one crisis to another crisis, that is, of course, fear of society. If you are less interested in issues of terrorism is that our obesity epidemic in secret to kill millions of people World wide shadow. pay little attention to this problem, “said Gostin.
Annual Meeting of the Oxford Health Alliance funded by the University of Oxford will be held in kelimakalinya. Present at this meeting of leading experts from academia, government, economics, law, economics and urban planning in an effort to change the voice.

Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 388 million people worldwide die from chronic diseases in the next 10 years.
“There’s a political paralysis in the response to this issue,” said Gostin, who is also advisor to the United States Government and a professor at Georgetown University and Johns.

He noted that efforts to prevent obesity and its influence seldom occur in the campaigning activities of the U.S. presidential elections.

“He started the suffering of the people are always afraid, when you consider that obesity could shorten the average life expectancy of an entire generation. This leads to the first investment in life expectancy since data collection in 1990,” .

The meeting also highlighted some things like the fact that there are some risks to health and care of government and media. Another fact is that heart disease, lung cancer, diabetes and cancer, it is estimated that 60 percent of the cause of death worldwide. The new threat to the health of a case of SARS, avian flu, which is HIV / AIDS, terrorism, bioterrorism and climate change so dramatically and emotionally sugguh.

The conference will be born next Wednesday at an end, “Sydney” Resolution “and urged the government and industry to take action to prevent millions of premature deaths from chronic diseases.

“The way we live today makes you sick, makes the planet is sick and is not sustainable,” said Ruth Colagiuri, co-director of Oxford Asia Pacific.

The Sydney resolution focuses on four topics including the importance of cities in the healthy lifestyle, healthy lifestyles, such as walking, cycling and reduces carbon monoxide emissions from motor vehicles.

Physical inactivity is a risk factor for many chronic diseases, and it is estimated that, worldwide, causing 1.9 million deaths a year, said Tony Capon, professor of Health Studies from Macquarie University in Australia.

The resolution also stresses the importance of reducing levels of sugar, fat and salt in food for fresh food and cheap, easily accessible, and intensified global efforts to reduce smoking.