scholarly journals How Do Nutrition Guidelines Compare for Industry to Market Food and Beverage Products to Children? World Health Organization Nutrient Profile Standards versus the US Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 194-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margo G. Wootan ◽  
Jessica Almy ◽  
Maciel Ugalde ◽  
Molly Kaminski
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
Nutrient Profile ◽  
Nutrition Guidelines ◽  
The Us ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Health Organization

Review of the scientific evidence used for establishing US policies on added sugars

2019 ◽  
Vol 77 (9) ◽  
pp. 646-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula R Trumbo
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Drug Administration ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Dietary Guidelines ◽  
World Health ◽  
Added Sugars ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Dietary Guidelines For Americans ◽  
Health Organization

AbstractThe 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Advisory Committee has set recommendations to limit added sugars. This action was based on the association between dietary pattern quality scores and chronic disease risk, the results of meta-analyses conducted for the World Health Organization, and data from modeling of dietary patterns for establishing the US Department of Agriculture’s Healthy US-Style Eating Patterns. Recommendations provided by the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans were used by the US Food and Drug Administration to establish, for the first time, the mandatory declaration of added sugars and a Daily Value of added sugars for the Nutrition Facts label. This review provides an overview of the scientific evidence considered by the World Health Organization, the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and the US Food and Drug Administration for setting recent polices and regulations on added sugars and highlights important issues and inconsistencies in the evaluations and interpretations of the evidence.

scholarly journals Mining Open Payments Data: Analysis of Industry Payments to Thoracic Surgeons From 2014-2016 (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xu Na ◽  
Haihong Guo ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Liu Shen ◽  
Sizhu Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Noncommunicable Disease ◽  
World Health ◽  
Chord Diagram ◽  
Strong Concentration ◽  
The Us ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industries ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Financial Relationship ◽  
Open Payments

BACKGROUND The financial relationship between physicians and industries has become a hotly debated issue globally. The Physician Payments Sunshine Act of the US Affordable Care Act (2010) promoted transparency of the transactions between industries and physicians by making remuneration data publicly accessible in the Open Payments Program database. Meanwhile, according to the World Health Organization, the majority of all noncommunicable disease deaths were caused by cardiovascular disease. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the distribution of non-research and non-ownership payments made to thoracic surgeons, to explore the regularity of financial relationships between industries and thoracic surgeons. METHODS Annual statistical data were obtained from the Open Payments Program general payment dataset from 2014-2016. We characterized the distribution of annual payments with single payment transactions greater than US $10,000, quantified the major expense categories (eg, Compensation, Consulting Fees, Travel and Lodging), and identified the 30 highest-paying industries. Moreover, we drew out the financial relations between industries to thoracic surgeons using chord diagram visualization. RESULTS The three highest categories with single payments greater than US $10,000 were Royalty or License, Compensation, and Consulting Fees. Payments related to Royalty or License transferred from only 5.38% of industries to 0.75% of surgeons with the highest median (US $13,753, $11,992, and $10,614 respectively) in 3-year period. In contrast, payments related to Food and Beverage transferred from 93.50% of industries to 98.48% of surgeons with the lowest median (US $28, $27, and $27). The top 30 highest-paying industries made up approximately 90% of the total payments (US $21,036,972, $23,304,996, and $28,116,336). Furthermore, just under 9% of surgeons received approximately 80% of the total payments in each of the 3 years. Specifically, the 100 highest cumulative payments, accounting for 52.69% of the total, transferred from 27 (6.05%) pharmaceutical industries to 86 (1.89%) thoracic surgeons from 2014-2016; 7 surgeons received payments greater than US $1,000,000; 12 surgeons received payments greater than US $400,000. The majority (90%) of these surgeons received tremendous value from only one industry. CONCLUSIONS There exists a great discrepancy in the distribution of payments by categories. Royalty or License Fees, Compensation, and Consulting Fees are the primary transferring channels of single large payments. The massive transfer from industries to surgeons has a strong “apical dominance” and excludability. Further research should focus on discovering the fundamental driving factors for the strong concentration of certain medical devices and how these payments will affect the industry itself.

Australia frictions with China will last for now

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
World Health ◽  
The South ◽  
Content Type ◽  
China Sea ◽  
The Us ◽  
Health Organization

Significance His comments follow a number of Chinese moves against Australian produce which Australia argues are punishment for Canberra pushing for a World Health Organization (WHO) investigation into the origins of COVID-19 in China. On May 20, Australia’s agriculture minister, David Littleproud, said Australia will file a WTO complaint against China if the 80% tariff stays. Impacts Australia’s minor exports will remain vulnerable to Chinese retaliation. Another source of tension will be Australia’s support for the US government’s position against China over the South China Sea. Rival producers will mostly be unable to capitalise on Australia’s position, due to supply issues.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Pesticides Found in Oregon Cannabis from 2016 to 2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 770-774
Author(s):  
Richard Evoy ◽  
Laurel Kincl
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
Pesticide Use ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
Federal Level ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Testing Data ◽  
Medicinal Cannabis ◽  
Health Organization

Abstract Pesticide use and worker exposures to pesticides in the US cannabis industry have not been studied due to cannabis being illegal at the federal level. Without knowing the types of pesticides being used in this industry, it is difficult to assess whether workers are being exposed to potentially dangerous pesticides. When recreational cannabis became legal in the state of Oregon in 2014, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) published a list of recommended pesticides for use in the cannabis industry and developed the state's pesticide testing regulations for all cannabis products, medicinal and recreational. Using the state's pesticide testing data, the aim of this study was to investigate the types of pesticides being used in the Oregon cannabis industry and if they present a hazard to cannabis workers. Both recreational and medicinal cannabis samples contained high levels of residual pesticides and pesticides not legally allowed to be used on cannabis products. Medicinal cannabis products were found to have mean levels of residual pesticides that were 3–12 times higher than recreational products. Nine of the 50 pesticides identified were classified highly or extremely hazardous by the World Health Organization.

scholarly journals Community universal face mask use during the COVID 19 pandemic—from households to travellers and public spaces

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
C Raina MacIntyre ◽  
S Jay Hasanain
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Face Mask ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
World Health ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Community Members ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

As the COVID-19 pandemic grows globally, universal face mask use (UFMU) has become a topic of discussion, with a recommendation made from the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for cloth mask use by community members. Other countries and the World Health Organization advise against UFMU. We outline the rationale and evidence supporting UFMU in households, during travel and in crowded public spaces in high transmission community settings.

scholarly journals Health effects of asbestos fibers in the air

Tehnika ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-125
Author(s):  
Veljko Đukić ◽  
Biljana Đukić
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Fiber Diameter ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
World Health ◽  
Soluble Fiber ◽  
Limit Values ◽  
Asbestos Fibers ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Since the beginning of the 20th century, thousands of tons of asbestos were used in all developed countries in industry and construction. After the serious illnesses and deaths caused by inhalation of asbestos fibers were reliably identified, the first asbestos use ban was prescribed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1972. Asbestos in the last 100 years to blame for the death of a large number of workers in industry and construction as well as the population. According to the World Health Organization in the next 40 years in the world is expected to illness and death of more than 500 000 people as a consequence of inhaling airborne particles of asbestos. That fact has led to a complete ban on any use of asbestos in most countries. The paper is particularly pronounced approach applied in the US, according to which each of respirable difficult soluble fiber is considered fibrinogen, and every fiber diameter ≤1mm and length ≥10mm potentially fibrinogen and carcinogenic, and in Germany that any inorganic fiber diameter of 5mm and the ratio length and diameter of> 3: 1 is considered potentially carcinogenic. The question is whether it is justified to carcinogenic fibers prescribe and apply the limit values, and whether in BiH differently treated with carcinogens acting genotoxic than those operating epigenetic mechanisms.

scholarly journals Combatting Coronavirus: The Case for Improved Global Vaccination Systems and Cooperation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Momin Ahmed ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
At Risk ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Health ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

1979, the year polio was eradicated from the United States. But more than 40 years later, this disease is still infecting children in countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan. While we are close to globally eradicating the disease (95 total cases reported in 2019), the fact that it has taken more than 4 decades to get to this point is not only disheartening but embarrassing (Martin, 2019). In addition, polio is one of several diseases that have been eradicated in the US, but not worldwide. Rubella, measles, and diphtheria are just a few examples of diseases that still affect children worldwide (Vanderslott et al., 2013). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 20 million children worldwide remain under/un vaccinated and at risk for fatal diseases (WHO, 2020). Although this number is declining yearly, it is still a figure that cannot be ignored and serves as an indication for the need of improved global vaccination systems.

Organ Markets

2021 ◽  
pp. 306-324
Author(s):  
Lainie Friedman ◽  
J. Richard Thistlethwaite, Jr
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Organ Transplant ◽  
Living Donors ◽  
World Health ◽  
Living Donation ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Organ Markets ◽  
Health Organization

This chapter examines the arguments in favor of and opposed to a market for kidney grafts from living sources. Although the National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA) of 1984 made it illegal to buy or sell organs in the US, and the World Health Organization recommended a similar ban in 1991 (which was reaffirmed in 2010), there is some support for a kidney market in academic circles. While measures to make living donation financially neutral for living donors are ethical and widely popular, payments that serve as incentives or bribes are neither. The buying and selling of living organ grafts are not an ethical means to mitigate the shortage of organs for transplantation.

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