to the influence of aggressive campaign, children's are heading towards harmful sugary drinks and unhealthy foods like chips, which is making the next generation sick. Cancer, heart disease, stroke, hypertension rates are increasing as a deadly epidemic as the result of the harmful fast food, junk food and sugary drinks (soft drinks, energy drinks and beverages) consumption. Prevalence of cardiovascular disease and cancer is seen also among the children. False and misleading advertisement should be banned to bring away young ...

Giving priority to build a preventive health system, health development surcharge needs to spend for Tobacco and NCDs control. In this regard, the policy that has been formulated for the use of 1% surcharge should be finalized. Speaker urged this in a seminar jointly organized by National Tobacco Control Cell, Health Economics Unit, The Union, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences and Work for a Better Bangladesh Trust at VIP Lounge of National Press Club on 17 April 2016. ...

is identified as a silent killer of children. 90 percent of all children suffering from cancer in the world are poor and live in developing countries. Apart from genetic cancer, children are affected by having unhealthy food and breathing in polluted air. Harmful chemicals in various foods, fruits and water and airborne virus paved the way of cancer. So we have to take steps to prevent cancer. Cancer prevention is effective and affordable solutions. The opinion came out in a ...

to unhealthy diet and environment, smoking and tobacco uses, the rate of NCDs is increasing in Bangladesh. The commercial activities of unhealthy foods and beverages, including tobacco companies are creating obstacles to reduce these risk factors of non-communicable diseases. These companies unethical intervention have to defend to ensure public health. The statement came in an announcement in the daylong conference titled "Conference on Tobacco Control and Health Promotion" jointly organized by 13 organization at Krishibid Institution of Bangladesh on 4th ...

Bangladeshi people having more than double salt than required that cause alarmingly increasing risks of high blood pressure in the human body. Every year about 9 million people died of high blood pressure around the world. Salt intake needs to be brought down by half for healthy living.  Necessary steps need to take to avoid dietary salt intake and reduce use of salt in curry and other food ...