Monday 16 November 2015

14th NOV 2015 INTERNATIONAL/WORLD DIABETES DAY

IDF LAUNCHES WDD 2015 CAMPAIGN AT WHA SIDE EVENT

Submitted by Lorenzo.Piemonte on Tue, 05/19/2015 - 10:01
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has launched the World Diabetes Day (WDD) 2015 campaign on the occasion of the 68th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva.
Campaign details were released at IDF’s WHA side event “Nourishing development: halting the diabetes epidemic through healthy eating” on May 19.
Co-hosted by Dr Petra Wilson, IDF CEO and Sir Michael Hirst, IDF President, with expert panellists from the WHO, the event focused on healthy eating as a key factor in the fight against diabetes and a cornerstone of health and sustainable development.
At the event, IDF launched The Framework for Action on Sugar. The framework is IDF’s official response to exploding sugar intake, increasing rates of obesity and the rising tide of diabetes, anticipated to affect 592 million people by 2035, a 53% increase on existing cases.   
The Framework calls on national governments to implement policies to reduce sugar consumption and advocates specific measures to increase access to healthy alternatives such as fresh fruit and vegetables and clean drinking water, in order to help prevent new cases of type 2 diabetes. IDF estimates that up to 70% of type 2 diabetes cases could be prevented through lifestyle interventions.
Notably the framework calls for a ban on advertisement of sugar sweetened beverages to children and promotes taxation as part of government incentives to reduce sugar intake. Building on the WHO sugar guidelines released in March this year, IDF also calls for strengthened research to examine direct links between diabetes and sugar with a view to reducing sugar to 5% of daily energy intake (WHO sugar guidelines currently only recommend this as conditional).
On May 19 the WDD website was updated with 2 WDD visuals. IDF’s WHA side event was filmed and clips from that film will be leveraged throughout the campaign.
Two new WDD visuals have been released for the campaign:
 
Further WDD campaign material will be released from May 19 through to December 2015 in an effort to make WDD a year-long campaign reflecting the realities of dealing with a chronic condition. The next campaign material to be released will be the WDD Guidebook in July and will contain key messages as well as ways to get involved.
Go to the campaign website

COMMENTS

 Submitted by Gina Pash (not verified) on Thu, 05/21/2015 - 12:31
The IDF are solely representing the Type TWO diabetes community. Type ONE diabetes is not mentioned and Type ONE diabetes is NOT preventable! Where is the representation for Type ONE diabetes plese IDF?

 Submitted by komal (not verified) on Wed, 09/16/2015 - 15:44
Type ONE diabetes was not causeed from eating too much sugar! Why can't the IDF represent Type ONE diabetes as much as it represents Type TWO diabetes.
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World Diabetes Day

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World Diabetes Day is the primary global awareness campaign of the diabetes world and is held on November 14 each year. It was introduced in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization in response to the alarming rise of diabetes around the world. World Diabetes Day is a campaign that features a new theme chosen by the International Diabetes Federation each year to address issues facing the global diabetes community. While the campaigns last the whole year, the day itself marks the birthday of Frederick Banting who, along with Charles Best and John James Rickard Macleod, first conceived the idea which led to the discovery of insulin in 1922.
Each year, World Diabetes Day is centred on a theme related to diabetes. Topics covered have included diabetes and human rights, diabetes and lifestyle, diabetes and obesity, diabetes in the disadvantaged and the vulnerable, diabetes in children and adolescents. People with diabetes get to take a day off work or school on this day[1] and talking about Diabetes.[2]
World Diabetes Day is celebrated worldwide by the over 230 member associations of the International Diabetes Federation in more than 160 countries and territories, all Member States of the United Nations, as well as by other associations and organizations, companies, healthcare professionals and people living with diabetes and their families.
The global diabetes community including International Diabetes Federation member associations, diabetes organizations, NGOs, health departments, civil society, individuals and companies develop an extensive range of activities, tailored to a variety of groups. Activities organized each year include:
  • Radio and television programmes
  • Sports events
  • Free screenings for diabetes and its complications
  • Public information meetings
  • Poster and leaflet campaigns
  • Diabetes workshops and exhibitions
  • Press conferences
  • Newspaper and magazine articles
  • Events for children and adolescents
  • Monument lightings
  • Human blue circles
  • Walks
  • Runs
  • Cycle Race
  • Political Events

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Logo for the World Diabetes Day
The World Diabetes Day logo is a blue circle - the global symbol for diabetes. The logo was adopted in 2007 to mark the passage of the United Nations World Diabetes Day Resolution (61/225). The significance of the blue circle symbol is overwhelmingly positive. Across cultures, the circle symbolizes life and health. The colour blue reflects the sky that unites all nations and is the colour of the United Nations flag. The blue circle signifies the unity of the global diabetes community in response to the diabetes pandemic.



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