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It is not just some passing trend. Today it is an overarching international system shaping the domestic politics and foreign relations of virtually every country, and we need to understand it as such. “As thoughtful people concerned about world affairs, our job is to pick up ‘globalization,’ examine it from all sides, dissect it, figure out what makes it tick, and then nurture and promote the good parts and mitigate or slow down the bad parts. Globalization is much like fire. Fire itself is neither good nor bad. Used properly, it can cook food, sterilize equipment, form iron, and heat our homes. Used carelessly, fire can destroy lives, towns and forests in an instant. As Friedman says : globalization is a phenomenon which has wrought fundamental changes within every society. Globalization can be incredibly empowering and incredibly coercive. It can democratize opportunity, and democratize panic. It makes the whales bigger and the minnows stronger. It leaves you behind faster and faster, and it catches up to you faster and faster. While it is homogenizing cultures, it is also enabling people to share their unique individuality farther and wider. “Globalization has dangers and an ugly dark side. But it can also bring tremendous opportunities and benefits. Just as capitalism requires a network of governing systems to keep it from devouring societies, globalization requires vigilance and the rule of law.

Unit 3

A few largely preventable risk factors account for most of the world’s disease burden, including cardiovascular conditions, diabetes, stroke, cancers and respiratory diseases—account for 59% of the 56.5 million deaths annually, and 45.9% of the global disease burden.

This reflects a significant change in diet habits and physical activity levels worldwide as a result of industrialization, urbanization, economic development and increasing food market globalization.

Recognizing this, WHO is adopting a broad-ranging approach and has begun to formulate a Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Health, under a May 2002 mandate from the World Health Assembly. This population-wide, prevention-based strategy is being developed through extensive consultation and will be presented to the World Health Assembly in May 2004.

The overall goal of the strategy is to improve public health through healthy eating and physical activity.

The guiding principles of this process are: Stronger evidence for policy: synthesize existing knowledge, science and interventions on the relationship between diet, physical activity and chronic disease; Advocacy for policy change: inform decision-makers and stakeholders of the problem, determinants, interventions and policy needs; Stakeholder involvement: agree on the roles of stakeholders in implementing the global strategy; A strategic framework for action: propose appropriately tailored policies and interventions of countries.