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giving priority to regular and intense physical education classes in schools, urban
planning and re-engineering for active transport, the provision of incentives for
work-site healthy-lifestyle programmes, and increased availability of safe
environments in public parks and recreational spaces to encourage physical activity;
(e) Promote the implementation of the Global Strategy to Reduce the
Harmful Use of Alcohol, while recognizing the need to develop appropriate
domestic action plans, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, for developing
specific policies and programmes, including taking into account the full range of
options as identified in the Global Strategy, as well as raise awareness of the
problems caused by the harmful use of alcohol, particularly among young people,
and call upon the World Health Organization to intensify efforts to assist Member
States in this regard;
(f) Promote the implementation of the World Health Organization Set of
Recommendations on the Marketing of Foods and Non-alcoholic Beverages to
Children, 8 including foods that are high in saturated fats, trans-fatty acids, free
sugars or salt, recognizing that research shows that food advertising geared to
children is extensive, that a significant amount of the marketing is for foods with a
high content of fat, sugar or salt and that television advertising influences children’s
food preferences, purchase requests and consumption patterns, while taking into
account existing legislation and national policies, as appropriate;
(g) Promote the development and initiate the implementation, as appropriate,
of cost-effective interventions to reduce salt, sugar and saturated fats and eliminate
industrially produced trans-fats in foods, including through discouraging the
production and marketing of foods that contribute to unhealthy diet, while taking
into account existing legislation and policies;
(h) Encourage policies that support the production and manufacture of, and
facilitate access to, foods that contribute to healthy diet, and provide greater
opportunities for utilization of healthy local agricultural products and foods, thus
contributing to efforts to cope with the challenges and take advantage of the
opportunities posed by globalization and to achieve food security;
(i) Promote, protect and support breastfeeding, including exclusive
breastfeeding for about six months from birth, as appropriate, as breastfeeding
reduces susceptibility to infections and the risk of undernutrition, promotes the
growth and development of infants and young children and helps to reduce the risk
of developing conditions such as obesity and non-communicable diseases later in
life, and in this regard strengthen the implementation of the International Code of
Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes 9 and subsequent relevant World Health
Assembly resolutions;
(j) Promote increased access to cost-effective vaccinations to prevent
infections associated with cancers, as part of national immunization schedules;
(k) Promote increased access to cost-effective cancer screening programmes,
as determined by national situations;
(l) Scale up, where appropriate, a package of proven, effective interventions,
such as health promotion and primary prevention approaches, and galvanize actions
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World Health Organization, Sixty-third World Health Assembly, Geneva, 17–21 May 2010, Resolutions
and Decisions, Annexes (WHA63/2010/REC/1), annex 4.
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Available at www.who.int/nutrition/publications/code_english.pdf.
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