Banking service chronicle Published this article  It is also one of the largest killers of babies in the country. Lack of clean energy in homes makes women cooking on biomass fuel suffer from killer respiratory disorders. It is also responsible for pollution that is making air toxic to breathe in our cities. So health is an indicator of the environment. For this reason the UNs Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—13 global goals that the world needs to achieve by 2030—must put children at the very centre. Every goal has a link to the child and every goal has a link to the health of the child and so the health of the planet. This is the human face of the SDGs that would define our progress or not. But as yet we rarely make this connection. After many years of conferencing WHO has identified four major risk factors for NCDs—alcohol tobacco poor diet intake and lack of physical activity. We now need strong action against foods that are high in salt sugar fat and low in nutrition. We also know that economies are built on the use of toxins. So it works conversely. The richer you get the higher the health burden and higher the costs of healthcare. Remember also that it is always easier and far less expensive to deal with the diseases of the poor. Cholera for instance is about microbes in water that are easier to clean. Cancer on the other hand is about exposure to tiny chemicals in the same water. These are more expensive to clean banking service chronicle magazine buy. 

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