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What's New
	Chronic Disease Prevention & Control in the Americas \|More in HTML\|

	CARMEN: A Network for Integrated Prevention and Control of Chronic Noncommunicable Disease in the Americas \|More in HTML\|

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Press & Media Information
	PAHO Today - December 2007 Edition \|More in HTML\|

	Nutrition Experts Call for 'Trans Fat Free Americas' \|More in HTML\|

	Harvard Nutritionist Walter Willett to Speak at PAHO Meeting on Transfatty Acids \|More in HTML\|

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Fact Sheets & Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
	Chronic Diseases: PAHO Activities \|More in HTML\|

	Health Surveillance and Disease Prevention and Control at PAHO \|More in HTML\|

	All About Diabetes ADA

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Links to PAHO sites
	Cancer Page
	Cardiovascular Disease Page
	CARMEN Initiative
	Diabetes Page
	Hypertension Page
	Noncommunicable Disease Unit
	Publications: - Child Nutrition - Fitness - Lifestyles - Noncommunicable Diseases - Cancer - Cardiovascular Diseases - Nutrition and Diseases - Obesity

Links to other sites
	Diet and physical activity: a public-health priority WHO

	We Can! Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition We can!

Current Regional Campaign (Americas)
	Campaign Website
	Video! Don Francisco, PAHO Team Up To Fight Obesity
	Don Francisco urges campaign to reduce obesity: Television superstar addresses PAHO Directing Council
	Don Francisco y OPS en Costa Rica: �A comer bien y a moverse Am�rica!
	5 frutas y verduras al d�a en las Am�ricas: de la idea a la acci�n regional
	Impulso panamericano en favor de una dieta saludable y actividad f�sica

Newsletter
	Chronic Disease Prevention and Control in the Americas

Built Environments
	Promoting Active Lifestyles and Healthy Urban Spaces: The Cultural and Spatial Transformation of Bogot�, Colombia \|More in PDF\|

Research Projects
	The Obesity Epidemic in the Americas: Making Healthy Choices the Easiest Choices Full Text

	Prevalence of and risk factors for overweight among school girls 12 to 19 years old in a semi-urban region of Ecuador More

	Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Costa Rican elementary school Children \|More in HTML\|

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Regional Strategy (Americas)
	Regional Strategy on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases Including Diet, Physical Activity, and Health
	Global Strategy on Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, and Health (DPAS): Implementation Plan for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2006–2007
	Regional Program on Healthy Eating and Active Living
	National Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity, and Health in Brazil

WHO Global Strategy
	Diet and Physical Activity: A Public Health Priority (main WHO site)
	May 2004: Final Strategy Document and Resolution
	Process for Developing the Global Strategy
	Fruits and Vegetables for Health

Extent of the Global Problem
- Chronic Diseases - Cancer	- Cardiovascular Diseases - Diabetes	- Obesity and Overweight - Physical Inactivity

Conferences & Meetings
	Annual Meeting of the CARMEN Observatory on Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Policy: Mobilizing for Action (Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 12-13 May 2008) PHAC

	10^th International Course on Physical Activity and Public Health: Move for Health (2^nd Course of the CARMEN School in Guatemala (Antigua, Guatemala, 13-16 November 2007) \|More in HTML\| \|More in PDF\|

	CARMEN Network Biennial Meeting: Sharing, Learning, Imagining, Planning and Partnering to Implement the Chronic Disease Regional Strategy within the CARMEN Network (Nassau, Bahamas, 4�8 November 2007) \|More in HTML\|

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Population Groups
	CARMEN School International Course: Social Marketing and Preventing Child Obesity (Santiago, Chile, 26�27 August 2008) \|More in HTML\| \|More in PDF\|

	We Can! Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition We can!

	Child Health \|More in HTML\|

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