Dr. Tedros Adhanum Jabrisius, Director General of the World Health Organization, revealed, in a new statement, that food and energy are essential for human life and health, which can be a deficiency of either of them or their excessive consumption of severe consequences for health and economy, weakens hunger and malnutrition body defenses of the immune system, and an examination The door for infectious diseases.
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Tedros said, “Often food that includes fast foods rich in fat is the least healthy, which nourishes the increasing epidemics of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, with exorbitant costs of health systems and economies.
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He stressed that at the same time, the energy crisis represents a dual health threat: on the other hand, the global use of fossil fuel leads to air poisoning, which causes diseases such as asthma, and as the main contributor to climate change, increases the spread of infectious and non -infectious diseases, from On the other hand, there are one billion people worldwide that are served by health facilities with unreliable or electricity electricity, adding, if the heaviest price for food and energy security crises are paid in human health, health protection measures and their advancement must be at the heart of the global response.
First: We seek your commitment to transforming diets to provide healthy and sustainable food systems for all, based on the one health approach, One Health, which treats human, animal and the planet.
Second: We seek your commitment to transform energy systems, provide pure air, build climate friendly systems, and ensure that all health facilities worldwide gets a reliable and clean source of energy..
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