Today is #WorldObesityDay!

#Obesity is a disease impacting most body systems.

It affects:
🔸 the heart
🔸 the liver
🔸 the kidneys
🔸 the joints
🔸 the reproductive system

More info:
👉 bit.ly/3xWvJZm "OBESITY AFFECTS THE BODY  OBESITY AFFECTS THE HEART OB
Overweight & #obesity are major risk factors for a number of chronic diseases, including:
🚨 type 2 #diabetes
🚨 cardiovascular diseases
🚨 cancer
🚨 hypertension
🚨 stroke
🚨 mental health issues

👉 bit.ly/3xWvJZm

#WorldObesityDay Text reads: "OBESITY LEADS TO A RANGE OF DISEASES SUCH
It's #WorldObesityDay

The key to preventing #obesity is to ACT early:
✅ Good nutrition in pregnancy,
✅ followed by exclusive breastfeeding until the age of 6 months
✅ continued breastfeeding until 2 years & beyond.

👉bit.ly/32lX9Gy A mother is breastfeeding her baby.
Good nutrition is not just our choice, it is also determined by the societies in which we live. Consider this: Healthier options may be less accessible, and less affordable. They may not be marketed.

Obesity is complex.
Yet, we can tackle it holistically. A text reads: "GOOD NUTRITION IS NOT JUST OUR CHOICE, I
To prevent #obesity, countries need to create a better food environment by
✅restricting the marketing of unhealthy food
✅taxing sugary drinks
✅providing access to affordable/healthy food
✅making space for safe physical activity
✅promoting healthy habits for all The text reads: "TO PREVENT OBESITY, COUNTRIES NEED TO:

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Today is #WorldHearingDay

Keep your ears 👂 healthy and prevent common ear problems and protect yourself from hearing loss. 🔗bit.ly/3QS0dTl
Hearing loss may result from:

◽️ genetic causes
◽️ complications at birth
◽️ some infectious diseases
◽️ chronic ear infections
◽️ the use of particular drugs
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Know more 👉bit.ly/2HWsuHf #WorldHearingDay
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Learn how doctors are improving hearing care access in #Fiji 👉bit.ly/3kKeI1A
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The Global Scales ⚖️ for #EarlyDevelopment is an innovation that monitors, measures, and evaluates early childhood development 👶 globally.

Ensuring all children can reach their full potential 🌟
📌 bit.ly/3HbKNqg Illustration of a young girl that is playing with a toy card
The quality of a 👶🏽 child’s early experiences has an incredible impact on how their 🧠 brain develops -influencing lifelong learning, health and behaviour.

Here's how we are supporting #EarlyDevelopment:
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Every 2 minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth:
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Most of these deaths are preventable with the right care, at the right time bit.ly/3lLG4UZ
 
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The report reveals concerning setbacks for women’s health, as maternal death rates either increased or stagnated in nearly all regions of the world.
While there was progress in reducing maternal deaths between 2000 & 2015, gains largely stalled, or even reversed, after this point
There were an estimated 287,000 maternal deaths in 2020. Most were in low- and middle-income countries.

Every single one of these is a tragic loss of life bit.ly/3lLG4UZ

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